A Redford Township woman who worked for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has pleaded guilty to federal bribery and identity theft charges, officials said.

Janine Rayford, 39, entered the plea Thursday in federal court in Detroit, said U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Jerome Gorgon Jr.

She is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 8 and faces up to five years’ imprisonment for having conspired to engage in federal program bribery as well as a mandatory two years in prison for having engaged in aggravated identity theft, he said.

"If you’re a public official whose side hustle is taking bribes, your next job will be answering to a judge," Gorgon said in a statement. "Corruption destroys public trust in government and will be aggressively prosecuted by my office."

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