Oxnard Man Pleads Guilty to Auto Insurance Fraud

VENTURA, Calif. – The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced today that Hector Murrillo (DOB 10/14/95), of Oxnard, pled guilty on June 12, 2025, to one count of felony automobile insurance fraud. 

In January 2023, Murrillo made a police report that someone had struck his vehicle overnight, causing damage. He then made a claim under his Progressive Insurance Company policy for coverage. An investigation revealed that the damage to his vehicle existed as early as October 2022, prior to the inception of the Progressive policy, and that Murrillo made false statements regarding the preexisting damage.

Read the entire press release. Ventura County District Attorney, June 16, 2025

NICB assisted the investigation.