Dona Branca
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Dona Branca (full name: María Branca dos Santos; often referred to as The people's banker.)
Between 1970 and 1984 in Portugal, "Dona Branca" maintained a Ponzi scheme that paid a ten percent monthly interest, for that she became known as "The people's banker".
She was arrested in 1984, and in 1988 she was sentenced to 10 years in prison.[1]
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She was one of the last inmates of Convento das Mónicas when it was dismantled in 1989.
In 1993 RTP created a TV Series called "A Banqueira do Povo" ("The People's Banker") based on these events. Eunice Muñoz had the leading role as Dona Benta. Also featured were Raúl Solnado, Alexandra Lencastre, Lídia Franco and Diogo Infante.
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