Cardona-Gonzalez: Fraudulent Identification

Candida Gutierrez Dept: Benita Cardona-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of possessing fraudulent identification documents in a deal with prosecutors that calls for an 18-month prison term, according to Montreal Gazette. As part of the plea deal, Cardona-Gonzalez agreed not to contest deportation after serving her sentence and wICHITA, Kan. - An illegal immigrant from Mexico accused of assuming the persona of a Texas teacher pleaded guilty Monday in a case that put a face on the growing crime of "total identity theft" in the United States. The 32-year-old was accused of completely assuming the persona of Houston elementary school teacher Candida Gutierrez, who first went public in a story by The Associated Press. Gutierrez recounted how the thief not only opened bank and credit accounts, but assumed her entire persona using it to get a job, a driver's license, a mortgage, food stamps and even medical care for the birth of two children. All the while, the crook claimed the real Gutierrez was the one who had stolen her identity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.