California Residents Arrested for Bear Costume Insurance Scam

Man Dresses in Bear Costume For Insurance Scam

File this under “BEST Legal Stuff” story of all time! California officials say a local ‘bear attack’ was actually a person dressed in a costume for an insurance scam. Four men in California are being charged with insurance fraud and conspiracy after police bust the group for staging a bear attack on their car. The group of men reported that a bear had climbed into a Rolls Royce and damaged the interior. They submitted pictures of what appeared t…

California 'bear attack' leads to arrests

California officials say they have arrested four people for their alleged role in a rather bizarre insurance scheme involving a 'bear' that tore up luxury cars.

Person in bear costume attacks luxury cars in insurance scam, California insurers say

Four Los Angeles residents stand accused of defrauding insurance companies when they claimed a bear broke into their luxury cars and damaged vehicles, but investigators determined the wild animal was a human in costume. In what was aptly dubbed "Operation Bear Claw," the California Insurance Department said Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale; Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale; Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of Glendale; and Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valle…

Insurance Scheme Involving Someone In A Bear Costume Attacking Cars Fails: WATCH

A group of folks in Southern California thought they had worked out the perfect insurance scheme by having someone throw on a bear costume and wreak havoc on a 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost and a few other cars.They did not.According to a news release from the California Department of Insurance, four people — Ruben Tamrazian, Ararat Chirkinian, Vahe Muradkhanyan, and Alfiya Zuckerman who all range in age from 26 to 39 — were arrested on Wednesday after…

‘Bear attack’ on Rolls-Royce was 'person in costume attempting insurance scam'

Biologist who reviewed the footage for the insurance claims said it was ‘clearly a human in a bear suit’