Tearing up a Rolls Royce and other luxury cars in a cheap bear suit in an attempt to scam California insurance companies was “really stupid,” industry

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.

California officials arrested four people over an alleged insurance scam involving a very fake bear attacking luxury vehicles in the state this week. The crew is accused of attacking three cars in order to cash in the insurance checks.

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That’s according to the California Department of Insurance (CDI), which recently announced that four people from the Glendale and Valley Village areas had been arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud and conspiracy after faking bear attacks on their luxury cars. The investigation leading to those arrests has been dubbed “Operation Bear Claw”.

California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers that

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

Four people face insurance fraud charges after claiming a bear trashed their Rolls-Royce. Investigators say it was a person wearing a bear costume.

Operation Bear Claw" saw four Los Angeles residents accused of defrauding insurance companies by claiming a bear had caused damage to their vehicles.