Kansas City, Kan. ? The manager of a Chinese restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded guilty in Kansas to a charge of conspiring to harbor workers who were in the U.S. illegally.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says 26-year-old Quan Liu admitted Tuesday that the crime occurred while he was manager of Wei’s Super Buffet in Kansas City.

The restaurant is owned by an Olathe, Kansas-based company headed by a co-defendant who is awaiting trial.

Prosecutors said officers executing a search warrant at a three-bedroom apartment near the restaurant found six people who are in the country illegally living there.

Three others are awaiting trial, one is awaiting sentencing and another is set for a change of plea hearing later this week.

Quan Liu faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.