A federal trial is underway in the Valley. A former manager of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is accused of helping hundreds of illegal immigrants in the Valley, and elsewhere, get fraudulent identification cards.

Thirty-one-year-old Nekeia Mack-Fuller faces three charges in this conspiracy case. Prosecutors say she took money from a man who brought undocumented immigrants to her office.

Prosecutors say the trial of Mack-Fuller all started with the detainment of four Guatemalans in Harrisonburg in August 2007.

Immigration officials say the men worked at the Cargill facility in Dayton. They raided the facility several months later, the same day prosecutors announced the indictments against Mack-Fuller and seven others charged in the conspiracy ring.

The men had matching Puerto Rican birth certificates and social security numbers and identity cards from Ohio.

During opening statements, federal prosecutor Ashley Neese said, "There are many undocumented illegals in this country. They have a problem. They have a problem obtaining employment."

Prosecutors say Mack-Fuller processed ID cards for hundreds of undocumented immigrants, many in the Valley. They say Jose Gutierrez-Ramirez would bring those immigrants to her Ohio office regularly, sometimes two or three times a day, sometimes with as many as five to seven immigrants at a time.

Prosecutors say he would give her money and gifts in exchange for her help.

During opening statements, Mack-Fuller's attorney, David Heilberg, said, "Nothing Ms. Mack-Fuller did was concealed from anyone at the Ohio BMV in Columbus."

Michelle Eckerman, who previously pleaded guilty in this case and is awaiting sentencing, says she thought the number of people coming through her office was suspicious.

She says three out of five documents would be confiscated. Eckerman says everyone in the office, including herself, got tips from Gutierrez-Ramirez.

In court, Eckerman said, "It wasn't a big secret. Everybody knew what was going on."

Prosecutors expect to continue calling witnesses Tuesday. The trial is scheduled to last until Wednesday. If found guilty, Mack-Fuller faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and/or a $500,000 fine.