India, Oct. 17 -- A 59-year-old woman in Taiwan has been sentenced to two years in prison after she was caught using the fingerprints of a dead man to forge a promissory note worth NT$8.5 million (around US$280,000). The bizarre incident took place at a funeral centre in Hsinchu, northwestern Taiwan, where the woman, surnamed Li, approached the deceased man's body under the pretence of paying her respects.

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According to report by SETN, cited by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Li had a history of debt disputes with the deceased man, identified as Peng. Upon learning of Peng's death on 21 February, she reportedly rushed to the funeral home...