Fernando Jauregui Ochoa sold aspiring entrepreneurs something bigger than a food truck. Customers were putting money into the vehicle that was supposed to become their business.
The owner of 8A Food Trucks built an image to match that promise. Ochoa presented himself on social media as a successful Central California businessman while customers entrusted him with deposits that, for some, represented years of savings.
The reality prosecutors eventually established was very different. The Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office said its investigation identified more than 40 victims who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after paying for custom food trucks that were never built…