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    Prosecutors believe that, in addition to denying her wages for her domestic work, they appropriated the roughly $115 a month that Maria received through Bolsa Família, Brazil’s flagship anti-poverty program.

    $115 per month for 55 years is $75,900; they’re “compensating” her $40k. So they got her free labor for 55 years, plus an additional $35,900 from her benefits that they still get to keep?

    Plus she’s still living with the family, has no financial literacy, no experience with the real world, doesn’t know how badly she was abused, and can’t read or write. It’s literally only a matter of time before her $10k settlement is gone.