Four people have been arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud after claiming their cars were damaged by a bear - which turned out to be someone dressed up as one of the animals, officials said.



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Video 'bares' all: Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume

Four people are accused of using footage of a fake bear damaging luxury cars to file false insurance claims in California.

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Suspects nabbed for 'man in bear suit' insurance scam

Suspects allegedly dressed up as bears to carry out fake attacks on cars as part of an insurance scam. Those involved in the California scam, contacted the Department of Insurance, claiming a bear had caused damage to their Mercedes cars and sent across video footage of the “attack”. Upon further scrutiny of the video, an investigation determined the bear was a person in a bear costume. To further ensure it was not a bear in the video, the depar…

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Suspects dress up as bears to fake car attack in insurance scam

California is seeing its share of bear break-ins. Now it’s seen a fake one — someone in a bear costumer rummaging through luxury cars.

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Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume

Police and detectives from the California Department of Insurance investigated the case and the department posted a picture of a brown furry costume found during a search of a suspect’s home

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Man dresses up as bear to carry out bizarre attack on car in 'insurance scam'

The suspects provided video footage to the insurance company, which showed "the alleged bear" in the vehicle, a news release says.

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4 arrested in California car insurance scam: 'Clearly a human in a bear suit'

California officials, after reviewing the video evidence, concluded it was “clearly a human in a bear suit" doing damage to the luxury cars.

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Call the fuzz: 4 charged in alleged ‘human in a bear suit’ insurance scam - National

Four individuals were arrested and charged with insurance fraud and conspiracy.

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Bear costume used in elaborate car insurance fraud scheme

Four Los Angeles-area residents accused of using a bear costume and faking break-ins on their luxury cars to get insurance payouts were arrested Wednesday.

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Four arrested in California for using bear costume to fake break-ins on luxury cars

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is seeing its share of bear break-ins. Now it’s seen a fake one — someone in a bear costumer rummaging through luxury cars. In what it’s dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Insurance Department says four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding three insurance companies out of nearly $142,000 by claiming a bear damaged their vehicles. The group is accused of providing video foota…

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By Dean Fioresi, Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) —  A group of Los Angeles County residents were arrested after they allegedly staged bear attacks using a costume in order to receive payouts from their car insurance providers, investigators say.  The investigation, which was dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” found that three of the four individuals submitted similar insurance claims after a so-call…

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Four arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud after 'person in bear costume' damages cars

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