{"id":452109,"date":"2026-09-03T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/452109\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:42:20","slug":"food-truck-fraudster-conned-immigrants-out-of-savings-to-bankroll-luxury-lifestyle-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/452109\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Truck Fraudster Conned Immigrants Out Of Savings To Bankroll Luxury Lifestyle: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fernando Jauregui Ochoa, 30, of Ceres, was convicted of 18 counts of obtaining money by fraud, with an allegation that the total fraud exceeded $500,000; one count of witness intimidation; and an aggravating factor that he targeted vulnerable victims based on their immigration status, according to the Stanislaus County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese individuals trusted Ochoa with their life savings,\u201d District Attorney Jeff Laugero said Friday in a social media post announcing the conviction. \u201cInstead, he exploited their trust and vulnerabilities and stole from them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Jauregui Ochoa, 30, of Ceres, was convicted of 18 counts of obtaining money by fraud, with an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-452109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}