A Taiwanese woman has been caught trying to take fingerprints from a dead man on a plain piece of paper under the pretext of visiting him. The woman was going to use them to create fake documents to mortgage land in exchange for the dead man’s debt.
According to a report by the South China Morning Post, SETN news outlet reported that a 59-year-old woman named Lin was caught red-handed taking fingerprints from a dead man’s body at a cemetery in Hsinchu, northwestern Taiwan. The matter came to light when the deceased’s family called the police due to her unusual behavior.
There was already a dispute between Li and a man named Peng over a loan. When she learned that Peng had died on February 21, she arrived at the funeral home a few hours later. She brought with her a false document and a fake mortgage document and promissory note worth $280,000 (approximately Rs 2.4 crore).
Before the funeral, the woman told workers present that she was a close friend of Peng and wanted to pay her respects. When Peng’s body was placed in the hearse, Li was seen getting into the vehicle, opening the body bag and taking Peng’s fingerprints on a piece of paper.
An employee alerted Peng’s family and asked them to call the police. Officers arrested Li and seized a fake document, a bank check and an ink pad.
Li was ordered to pay $1,600 to the government and provide a total of 90 hours of voluntary work in government departments or public welfare institutions. “I have been working at the funeral home for two decades,” said a crematorium employee. I’ve never seen anything like this before.’
