A recent collision on the 215 freeway in San Bernardino was no ordinary accident – it was an orchestrated effort planned by a group of Inland Empire residents seeking to collect an insurance payout from a rideshare driver, insurance investigators say.

The California Department of Insurance announced the recent pleas of the defendants in what became an insurance fraud and assault case in an effort to encourage the public to report suspicious crashes.

In November 2024, Ledontae Pope, 30, of San Bernardino, and Kalil Davis, 27, of Hesperia, ordered a rideshare.

John Murillo, 37, of San Bernardino was conspiring with the group to crash into the vehicle, so the suspects could file bodily injury claims and collect a payout from the rideshare driver’s insurance, investigators allege.

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