The car owners were paid out $141,839, officials said in a Nov. 13 news release.. But, turns out, it was all an elaborate ruse; the “bear” was actually a person donning a bear costume ...

Four LA residents allegedly defrauded multiple insurance companies of over $141,000. A wildlife expert who reviewed footage of the incidents said that the culprit was "clearly a human in a bear suit." ...

“They also opined it was clearly a human in a bear suit,” officials said. Additionally, while serving a search warrant at the suspects’ home, “detectives found the bear costume ...

Four suspects used a bear costume in order to submit evidence of a fake bear attack in Jan. 2024 to three different insurance companies, authorities said. (Photo by the California Department of ...

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. Ruben Tamrazian, 26; Ararat Chirkinian ...

Caught bear-handed! An investigation into a suspicious insurance claim filed by four Los Angeles-area residents revealed a scheme where someone wore a bear costume and scratched up the inside of ...

In what's dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Insurance Department said four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding three insurance companies out of ...