Once upon a time in Southern California, a person wore a bear costume to damage luxury cars so friends could allegedly cash in on hefty insurance payouts. Four people in the Los Angeles area were ...

Each claim involved two vehicles, a 2015 Mercedes G63 AMG and a 2022 Mercedes E350, and the suspects also allegedly used a bear costume to make it look like a bear also entered and damaged those ...

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." ...

The company viewing video of the Rolls-Royce suspected that it was not a bear inside, but someone in a bear costume. Detectives found two additional claims and with two different insurance ...

The footage is shocking. A brown bear — and there hasn’t been one of those in Southern California for more than a century — breaks into a 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost, seemingly using the door handle.

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 people snared as police say bear costume used to defraud insurance firms ‘Operation Bear Claw’ used to clamp down on suspects in theft scheme, police say. By The Associated Press.

Once upon a time in Southern California, a person wore a bear costume to damage luxury cars so friends could allegedly cash in on hefty insurance payouts. Four people in the Los Angeles area were ...

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.