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Fake kidnapping

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Fake Kidnapping stands for the type of kidnapping that has been staged by the victim.

Notable incidents

  • Brazilian soccer player Somália - on January 7, 2011, Somália claimed he had been kidnapped at gunpoint before being robbed. CCTV footage later proved that he was simply late for training, and fabricated the story in order to circumvent the club's 40% wage drop in case of tardiness. Somália was charged with filing a false police report, and on January 19, 2011, agreed to a deal offered by prosecutors to donate R$22,000 (approximately US$ 13,000) to the victims of recent floods in Rio de Janeiro, in order to avoid a possible prison sentence and criminal record.
  • Dar Heatherington (born 1963) - Politician, who claimed to have been abducted in Montana.
  • Joanna Grenside - an aerobics teacher from Harpenden, England, had staged her disappearance to avoid Christmas.

    • References

    Fake kidnapping Wikipedia
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