Asphia Natasha was driving on the Belt Parkway when a silver Honda cut in front of her and backed directly into her car. She had a dashcam running. The footage went viral. And it is the reason two men are now in prison — because without that video, the story would have been her word against theirs, and in New York’s no-fault insurance system, that is a fight innocent drivers lose more often than they should.
Victor Murillo, 34, of Brooklyn, was the driver of that Honda. He and Jaime Huiracocha, 53, staged three crashes on New York City highways between August and October 2024, recruiting passengers to fake injuries and directing them to specific medical clinics for false diagnoses.
Huiracocha was sentenced to one to three years in prison. Murillo received two years. Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the sentencings in August 2026 and made clear that prosecutors are now going after the medical providers and attorneys who enable these schemes — not just the drivers…