A 37-year-old Brazilian woman who spent 15 years pretending to be a child, and lived with an unsuspecting foster family for more than a year, was convicted of fraud and false identity, drawing a sentence of nearly two years. The Court of Justice of Santa Catarina in Brazil found Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira guilty […] The post Brazilian woman who posed as a child for 15 years convicted of fraud after deceiving foster family appeared first on American Almanac .
A 37-year-old Brazilian woman who spent 15 years pretending to be a child, and lived with an unsuspecting foster family for more than a year, was convicted of fraud and false identity, drawing a sentence of nearly two years. The Court of Justice of Santa Catarina in Brazil found Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira guilty on Thursday after she admitted to fabricating her identity and age, Fox News Digital reported . The court sentenced her to one year, six months and 10 days in prison, plus an additional four months and 18 days of detention. Oliveira had lived with the foster family for 14 months, passing herself off as their daughter. She used a high-pitched, childlike voice and told people she had been forced to take hormones that made her…Open
A 37-year-old Brazilian woman who spent more than a decade pretending to be a child, and lived with an unsuspecting foster family for over a year, was convicted of fraud and false identity, drawing a prison sentence of nearly two years. Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira was found guilty by the Court of Justice of […] The post Brazilian woman who posed as a child for 15 years convicted of fraud after deceiving foster family appeared first on American Almanac .
A 37-year-old Brazilian woman who spent more than a decade pretending to be a child, and lived with an unsuspecting foster family for over a year, was convicted of fraud and false identity, drawing a prison sentence of nearly two years. Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira was found guilty by the Court of Justice of Santa Catarina in Brazil after authorities determined she had fabricated her identity and age to pass herself off as a minor. She had lived with a foster family for 14 months, posing as their daughter, before the scheme fell apart. The court sentenced her to one year, six months, and 10 days in prison, plus an additional four months and 18 days of detention, Fox News Digital reported . The conviction caps one of the more brazen…Open
An Afghan man who posed as a 14-year-old boy on Snapchat to groom and rape a 13-year-old girl in Nottingham, England, has been jailed.
An Afghan man who posed as a 14-year-old boy on Snapchat to groom and rape a 13-year-old girl in Nottingham, England, has been jailed. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Abdul Khan, an Afghan asylum seeker believed to be 28, was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court after being convicted of grooming and twice raping a 13-year-old girl. He will theoretically be subject to automatic deportation to Afghanistan after serving two-thirds of his term, but the British government does not currently return Afghans to their homeland, even if they are subject to deportation orders. DETAIL: Khan arrived in Britain hidden in the back of a truck in 2015 and claimed a false date of birth in his asylum application. Using the…Open