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 residents were arrested as part of the scheme,

Four Los Angeles residents are accused of using a bear costume to defraud car insurance companies.

Four California men have been arrested in conjunction with an insurance scam after dressing up in a bear costume and damaging several high-end cars.

The investigation, rightfully dubbed "Operation Bear Claw," found that the four suspects had staged bear attacks inside of their vehicles in a San Bernardino County mountain community in order to receive payouts totaling more than $140,

Four Los Angeles-area residents were arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 13 on suspicion of insurance fraud and conspiracy after allegedly falsely claiming a bear got into their vehicles and damaged them. There was no bear,

Four Los Angeles area residents were arrested after allegedly staging fake bear attacks to defraud insurance companies, using a bear costume to claim damages to luxury vehicles.