A U.S. Attorney announced five more people were indicted today involving the identity fraud case revolving around the St. Joseph licence office.

Four St Joseph residents and a Minnesota man were named in the indictment released today by U.S. Attorney David Ketchmark.

They allegedly participated in a more than $5 million scheme which included the licsense office in St Joseph to provide more than 3,500 fraudulent I.D. documents to illegals aliens in the U.S.

Christopher B. Escobar, 22, Shayna R. Vanvacter, 26, Melissa L. Scallions, 26, Jon L. Grippando, 24, all of St. Joseph, and Rafael Hernandez-Ortiz, 31, a citizen of Mexico who resides in Owatonna, Minn., were charged in the 45-count indictment unsealed today.

Seven co-defendants in the original indictment are charged with the same offenses in the superseding indictment.

The federal indictment alleges that all of the defendants participated in a conspiracy from November 2009 to Jan. 10, 2012, to transport illegal aliens, to unlawfully produce identification documents, to unlawfully transfer another person’s identification and to commit Social Security fraud.

The indictment also contains a forfeiture allegation, which would require the defendants to forfeit to the government any property obtained from the proceeds of the alleged offenses, including a money judgment of $5,250,000.