Woman arrested for pretending to be a teenager had already been detained in Goiânia Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira, 37, who was arrested on suspicion of pretending to be a 12-year-old teenager in Santa Catarina to be adopted, was convicted of ideological falsehood in Goiânia after committing a similar crime. According to the sentencing document, Amanda was arrested in the act after giving the name of an 11-year-old child from Rio Grande do Sul during medical care. To g1, lawyer Rafael Luiz Siewert, Amanda's defender, informed that he requested a mental health examination of the person being investigated and that the magistrate suspended the current process until the expert examination by the Scientific Police, scheduled for June 26th (see the full note at the end of the report). ✅ Click and follow the g1 GO channel on WhatsApp The case took place in August 2024. On that date, guardianship counselor Rondinelly-Ná Barbosa was contacted by members of a church where pastors were helping an alleged teenager, a victim of sexual abuse and exploitation. "She was saying that she suffered several sexual abuses and in one of these abuses she even suffered from having needles inserted into her body. And that caught our attention at that moment," said the counselor. With that, the counselor advised that Amanda be taken to the Women's Hospital, located in Setor Coimbra. According to the sentence, she was accompanied by military police officers and at the scene, during the first consultations, she identified herself as "Gabriele", but changed her name, and provided the data of an 11-year-old child from Rio Grande do Sul. READ ALSO: DONATIONS: Woman who pretended to be 12 years old in SC has already been arrested in Goiás for posing as an abused child to get donations NEEDLES: Woman with needles inside her body is arrested on suspicion of pretending to be a child to get donations, police say VIDEO: Man arrested on suspicion of pretending to be a personal trainer Rondinelly said that Amanda even mentioned the child's full name, CPF and even the name of the child's mother. As a result, still posing as a girl, Amanda was taken to the Hospital for Children and Adolescents in Parque Acalanto (Hecad), to receive specialized treatment. "A whole procedure was carried out there to check her health status, which proved that she had hundreds of needles in her body. And some needles were in areas that could cause death", explained the counselor. Guardianship Council took the woman to hospital where tests were carried out which found several needles in her body Reproduction/Military Police Hoax is discovered Meanwhile, the sentence states that it was the guardianship counselor himself who began to unravel the hoax, by calling the Guardianship Council of Porto Alegre (RS) to find out more about the child that Amanda pretended to be, sending photos of the victim, and received, in response, a report with Amanda's image, in which she appeared as a suspect of committing the crimes of misrepresentation and embezzlement in Rio Grande do Sul. The sentence describes that, when questioned by the counselor, Amanda did not respond and Rondinelly called the military police to arrest the woman in the act. In the presence of the police, she then confessed that her real name was Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira and claimed to be from Ceará. "We arrested her for the attempt she was committing with these women [pastors]. Thank God she was imprisoned for a while, but she is now free again and committing other crimes, other crimes and having other victims, trying to extort them. Who knows what she is trying to do with this", he stated. Amanda was sentenced in February 2025 to 1 year and 10 months of open prison, in addition to a fine, with the custodial sentence being replaced by a restriction of rights. Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira was in Goiânia in 2024 and was arrested for misrepresentation, after pretending to be 11 years old and asking for donations Personal archive/ Advisor Rondinelly-Ná Defense note "The Defense calmly accepts the complaint presented by the Public Prosecutor's Office. It should be noted that, in the same decision in which he received the complaint, the Magistrate ordered the suspension of the process until an expert examination by the Scientific Police, scheduled for June 26, 2026. Therefore, until the expert report is completed and added to the case file, the process will remain suspended, awaiting the result of the expert report. Rafael Luiz Siewert - OAB/SC 30.361" Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira pretended to be an 11-year-old child in Goiânia. Exams showed that she had needles scattered throughout her body. Personal archive/ Advisor Rondinelly-Ná 📱 See other news from the region on g1 Goiás. VIDEOS: latest news from Goiás