A woman is facing federal charges after Homeland Security agents arrested her at the Torrance aerospace facility
Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana is accused of repeatedly claiming to be a U.S. citizen on employment paperwork
Federal prosecutors say she had already been ordered removed from the United States in 2003 but didn't do it
The indictment alleges that her employment from 1996 through 2026 resulted in more than $1.4 million in wages
She now faces eight federal counts, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, use of a fraudulent naturalization document and falsely claiming US citizenship