Morgue attendant is arrested on suspicion of using a dead person's cell phone to make Pix A morgue attendant was arrested on suspicion of using a dead man's cell phone to make a transfer via Pix worth R$7,000 to his own bank account in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo. Daniel Nathan Ribeiro Andrade, 36 years old, is being investigated by the Civil Police Internal Affairs. The victim died after suffering an accident while driving a motorcycle on Avenida Mário Covas, in the early hours of May 15th. According to the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SP), the man lost control of the steering wheel and crashed into a lamp post. Daniel's defense was not located by g1 until the last update of this report. ✅ Click here to follow the new g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. The victim's wife went to close her husband's bank account on May 24, when she saw a transfer at a time when he was already dead. The woman researched the name of the person who received the amount and discovered that Daniel was an employee of the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Santos. The widow registered a police report (BO) with the city's 3rd Police District (DP), stating that the motorcyclist's body was taken to the IML at around 3:26 am on the day of the accident. The receipt, obtained by TV Tribuna, a Globo affiliate, shows that the transfer was made to Daniel at 6:49 am. IML attendant from Santos, SP, is arrested on suspicion of using a dead man's cell phone to make R$7,000 Pix Reproduction and Raimundo Rosa/Santos City Hall Broken cell phone As reported by the widow in the police report, the family got information about the motorcyclist at the IML, around 9 am. The body was only recognized at 11am, when the man's cell phone was delivered damaged and appearing to be broken. The widow also suggested possible manipulation, as she accessed her cell phone and found that there were no longer any records of messages and media in the WhatsApp application. According to the woman, the last viewing took place at 8:22 am on the day of death, "which raised doubts regarding ownership of the device." Prison The SSP-SP reported that the Civil Police Internal Affairs Service served the preventive arrest warrant against the morgue attendant on Monday (8). Also according to the secretariat, the case was registered at the 3rd DP and forwarded to the Internal Affairs Department, which investigates allegations of crimes of embezzlement, theft, electronic fraud and destruction of evidentiary traces. "The Technical-Scientific Police Superintendence (SPTC) monitors the case, reinforces that it does not condone misconduct and adopts the appropriate administrative and disciplinary measures whenever irregularities are identified", concluded the ministry. VIDEOS: g1 in 1 minute Santos