The biometric evidence is important, because it suggests that Santiago plays an ongoing role in a larger auto insurance fraud ring, in which innocent drivers are marked at fault, in order to facilitate insurance fraud.
The CHP marked Arambula at fault for engaging in a sideswipe. Nonetheless, Arambula’s evidence contradicted this finding; hence, Arambula requested a second meeting with Officer Eric Voss and Sergeant Bejar, showing both of them the evidence that he was rear ended. The evidence presented above shows how the crack on Raymundo’s headlight is almost identical to the indentation left on Arambula’s rear bumper.
Despite the new evidence, Voss and Bejar affirmed Arambula’s at-fault conclusion. Arambula contacted Captain Santiago to review the evidence and for a collision reconstruction expert. Santiago refused and affirmed Voss and Bejar’s finding.
At the time, Garcia pretended to be a nurse and passenger who was going to work. Raymundo pretended to be a Lyft Driver. But when Garcia and Raymundo’s driver’s licenses were examined, both had the same address at Huntington Beach.
The Filipino family fraud ring extends beyond the San Gabriel Valley. According to the Department of Insurance, Andre Angelo Reyes, “36, of Corona” is “the organized ring’s ringleader”. The Department alleges that Reyes “befriended Santistevan and other CHP employees by donating to various CHP events and parties. Santistevan printed and unlawfully sold thousands of traffic collision face pages to Reyes who would then provide the reports to E. Parga. E. Parga would then contact the parties involved in the collision, pretending to be from their insurance company and coordinate having their vehicle towed to a repair center that they misrepresented as approved by the insurance company.”
But biometric evidence strongly suggests that Reyes is also the son of Captain Santiago. Legal Lens suspects that Santistevan is his mother. Through these familial connections, these alleged scammers have had an easier time facilitating fraud and evading accountability.
In today's American government, “the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Noble Laureate.
*All parties are presumed innocent, until otherwise proven.