Fernando Jauregui Ochoa had carefully depicted himself on social media as a trustworthy and successful Central California food truck builder.
His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood.
But Stanislaus County prosecutors said Ochoa, owner of 8A Food Trucks, turned those dreams into a nearly million-dollar fraud scheme.
Instead of building the trucks and trailers he promised, prosecutors said Ochoa used his customers’ money for drugs, vacations and other personal luxuries.
Ochoa was known to flaunt his success on social media, including posts of him riding jet skis and standing by his black Corvette. Some victims suspect he used their money to produce a Mexican corrido that was posted on YouTube.
On Friday, prosecutors announced that 30-year-old Ochoa…
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