A Los Angeles woman accused of faking her own kidnapping by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to generate sympathy and solicit donations is expected to plead guilty Monday to a federal conspiracy charge.

Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 42, has agreed to enter the plea in Los Angeles federal court after prosecutors accused her of orchestrating an elaborate hoax that sparked public outrage and prompted a federal investigation.

The Mexican national, who authorities say was living in the U.S. illegally, allegedly claimed she had been abducted by masked immigration agents outside a Jack in the Box restaurant in downtown Los Angeles in June 2025.

Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an undocumented woman from Los Angeles, faked her own kidnapping and blamed it on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to generate sympathy and donations, the Justice Department has claimed (Justice Department)

Her attorney told reporters at a June 30 news conference that Calderon had been taken to San Ysidro, near the…