Forging documents with the fingerprints of the bodies at the funeral...To get the money I lent you
Oct 16, 2025
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According to local media such as SETN and ET Today, a 59-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Lee, was arrested by police at a funeral home in Shinju, Taiwan, on charges of forgery of documents.
Li immediately rushed to the funeral home when he heard that Peng, a man who borrowed his money, had died.
She asked for her condolences, saying she was close to Mr. Peng, got into a transport vehicle to avoid the eyes of the funeral home staff, opened a bag containing Mr. Peng's body, and stamped his fingers on paper.
Peng's family contacted the police with a report from an employee who witnessed this, and the police arrested Lee at the scene.
She had forged property collateral documents, bank checks, and handouts, and was afraid that she would not be able to return the money she had lent to Mr. Feng in a police investigation", he confessed to the crime.
As of May 23, 2010, she wrote a forged real estate collateral document and a bill worth 8.5 million Taiwanese dollars (about 400 million won) in the name of Peng and decorated it to be paid to her.
The court sentenced Lee to two years in prison and five years of probation on charges of counterfeiting securities. He was fined 50,000 Taiwanese dollars (about 2.3 million won) and ordered 90 hours of community service.
The Tribunal considered that she admitted the crime and that the counterfeit check had not yet been processed", he explained the reason for the sentencing.
A funeral home official said "I've worked in this industry for more than 20 years, but I've never seen an incident like this before."
Taiwanese netizens are "blinded by money" and are "insulting to the deceased.", "The punishment is too light." be posting comments such as.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
