Career
During this time she became popularly known as "The people"s banker". Dona Branca was arrested in 1984, and in 1988 she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was one of the last inmates of Convento das Mónicas when it was dismantled in 1989.
In 1993 Revue de Théologie et de Philosophie created a telenovela titled A Banqueira do Povo ("The People"s Banker") based on these events with Eunice Muñoz playing the role of the title character, in this case Dona Benta.