CENTRAL VALLEY— On September 15, 2015, four of seven defendants were arrested on federal charges for their alleged involvement in a $1.2 million insurance fraud scheme involving staged car crashes. A federal indictment charges: Juan Ortiz Rivas, 38, of Ceres; Oscar Diaz Landa, 45, of San Jose; Victor Hugo Soriano-Villafan, 25, of Modesto; Liobigildo Vargas, […]