Brazilian woman jailed for 15 years posing as child
A 37-year-old Brazilian woman was convicted for 15 years of impersonating a child and living in multiple foster families, claiming she did so to gain love and care she lacked in childhood.
Consensus
- Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira, a 37-year-old Brazilian woman, lived for 15 years pretending to be a child.
- She lived in several foster families across seven states in Brazil.
- She was arrested in June in Joineville, Santa Catarina state.
- She was convicted of fraud and using a false identity.
- She admitted to fabricating her identity and claimed she did so to receive love and care.
- She was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison.
- Her defense plans to appeal the verdict.
- She spoke in a high-pitched voice and drank from a bottle to maintain her disguise.
- She claimed to have suffered from hormonal treatment in childhood and autism.
Points of divergence
- She lived in the foster family for more than a year before being exposed by a relative. — vm
- She was exposed after 14 months in the foster family. — vesti
- She had been previously arrested but avoided serious punishment. — vm
- There is no indication she sought financial gain or committed theft. — vesti
- Another case of identity fraud occurred in Indonesia, where a man discovered his wife was a man posing as a woman. — vm
- A man in Istanbul pretended to be a dentist and removed a patient's front teeth without medical justification. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Brazilian woman 15 years old pretended to be a child and lived in other families — Вечерняя Москва
- 37-year-old woman lived more than a year in an adoptive family pretending to be a daughter — Вести