ACT OF LOVE: ‘Car Crash Ring’ In Santa Clara County: 33 Indicted For Felony Fraud. “The suspects allegedly crashed older-model cars on purpose and collected roughly $500,000 across 28 insurance claims.”

The group consists of family members, acquaintances and friends, Chang said. Many of the suspects were recruited from two apartment complexes in San Jose, according to Chang.

Ten of the 14 defendants in custody appeared at the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill Thursday afternoon, Chang said.

Those suspects were identified as San Jose residents Ramon Lujano Arreguin, 63; Oscar Escobar, 37; Oscar Diaz Landa, 45; Vicente Dominguez Ojeda, 32; Jose Santos Salazar, 52; Jorge Salazar, 53; Irma Rodriguez, 34; Maria Barragan Corral, 34, of Gilroy; Santos Escobar Alvardo, 35, of Redwood City; and Rodolfo Guillen Alvizar, 31, who has no known city of residence.