Overview

• Queens prosecutors have charged Jaime Huiracocha, 53, and Victor Murillo, 34, with insurance fraud, staging motor vehicle accidents, criminal mischief, conspiracy, reckless endangerment and grand larceny.
• The scheme allegedly involved three deliberate collisions on the Belt Parkway and Nassau Expressway in August and October 2024 to file false claims and extract payouts exceeding $79,000 from Allstate.
• Investigators say Huiracocha recruited participants at an East New York clinic by promising cash and gave detailed instructions, including using headphones and a tarp to disguise driver swaps.
• Dashcam footage from an initial victim was critical in exposing the network and prompted a joint probe by the Queens DA’s Fraud Bureau, NYPD and New York State Department of Financial Services.
• Each defendant faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted and is due back in Queens Criminal Court in early September as prosecutors prepare for trial.