A San Jose body shop owner is facing an insurance fraud charge following an undercover sting led by investigators from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
The DA’s office said in a press release that Jairon Escobar, 49, owner and operator of Radiator & Body Parts, was charged with jacking up an insurance damage estimate on a “newly purchased” bait car with a single dent to include thousands in damages that did not exist.
Escobar has a previous fraud conviction from 2017. He was arraigned Tuesday on charges of felony attempted insurance fraud. If convicted, he faces jail time…