The Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, Jul. 24, 2012 - 4:47 pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A second woman from northwestern Missouri has admitted taking part in a scheme to obtain thousands of fraudulent identity documents for illegal immigrants nationwide.

The U.S. Attorney's office says 21-year-old Sara Gonzalez, of St. Joseph, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Kansas City. Her 24-year-old sister, Christina Michelle Gonzalez, pleaded guilty in May to the same charge in what prosecutors called a $5 million conspiracy.

Prosecutors say that from late 2009 to January 2011, the sisters accompanied illegal immigrants to a state licensing office in St. Joseph. The participants used illegally obtained birth certificates and Social Security cards to get Missouri driver's and non-driver's licenses.

Those licenses could be used to help illegal immigrants stay in the U.S. Authorities say the scheme resulted in more than 3,500 Missouri licenses being issued.

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