In a statement Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California said that towing company operator Jose Vicente Badillo -- along with co-defendants Kirill Afanasyev, Jason Naraja, and Jaime Respicio -- were charged in an indictment with various crimes related to two schemes to defraud auto insurance companies. Based on the indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Aug.
Afanasyev and Respicio are also charged with one count of money laundering. In the second similar case, Afanasyev, Badillo and Naraja are each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and four counts of wire fraud. Naraja and Respicio were arrested in Hayward and Pleasant Hill, respectively, on Tuesday, and were released on $50,000 bonds at their initial appearances on Wednesday. Prosecutors said Naraja is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
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