A San Jose body shop owner was charged with insurance fraud after getting caught in an undercover sting by authorities, according to Santa Clara County prosecutors.

A San Jose auto body shop owner fell for a “bait car” used by undercover investigators for a sting operation, prosecutors said. Jairon Escobar, owner and operator of Radiator & Body Parts, is now facing insurance fraud charges for jacking up insurance damage estimates,

Jairon Escobar, owner and operator of Radiator & Body Parts in San Jose, 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.

San Jose body shop owner Jairon Escobar is charged with insurance fraud after an undercover sting revealed inflated repair estimates.