Three insurance claims involving a bear damaging luxury cars in California are now believed to be fraud after it was determined that the culprit was actually a man in a costume. Four Los Angeles ...

Four people from Los Angeles County are facing insurance fraud and conspiracy charges after staging fake bear attacks with a bear costume, the Department of Insurance announced Wednesday.

Suspects claimed on Jan. 28, 2024, that a bear entered their 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost and caused interior damage, according to the Department of Insurance. They provided video footage of the ...

Four people in Southern California were arrested and accused of insurance fraud after they claimed their cars were trashed by a bear — which was actually someone in a bear costume, officials said ...

but they were actually using a bear costume to fake the attacks for insurance payouts. According to the Department of Insurance (DOI), 26-year-old Ruben Tamrazian, 39-year-old Ararat Chirkinian ...

the investigation determined the bear was actually a person in a bear costume," a news release states. "Upon further scrutiny of the video, the investigation determined the bear was actually a ...