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.