(AP) — A woman convicted of scamming immigrants out of more than $11,000 says she’d be glad to serve her one-year jail sentence if prosecutors help her return from Brazil.

Gabriela Machado recently emailed the judge and said she was stuck in Brazil.

Machado says she went to Brazil to visit her mother in the hospital and get her affairs in order, but now her travel documents have expired and she’s having trouble getting new ones.

Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly says he can’t confirm that Machado is actually in Brazil, but his office will work to bring her back to Lincoln.

Machado was convicted of using her job at a legal aid organization to steal by telling immigrants they had to pay bogus fees.