A Mexican national who decades ago was ordered removed from the United States was arrested Friday for landing a job at a South Bay aerospace manufacturer and U.S. military contractor by allegedly lying on an employment authorization form that she was an American citizen.
Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana, 54, of South Los Angeles, submitted someone else’s legitimate certificate of naturalization number in order to gain employment, officials contend.
Villafana is charged with five counts of wire fraud, one count of use of a false and forged certificate of naturalization, one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of false claim to United States citizenship…