California bear-suit luxury car scam ends in insurance fraud sentences for 3 - AP News

California bear-suit luxury car scam ends in insurance fraud sentences for 3  AP News

Humans Who Used a Bear Suit to Defraud Car Insurers Sentenced to Jail

The California residents collected more than $141,000 in insurance payouts after staging bear attacks on their luxury cars, state officials said.

By Hannah Ziegler

Three people sentenced to jail for bear-suit insurance scam in California

State investigated claims of bear attacks on cars, unconvincingly backed up by video of person in bear suit When it comes to the California department of insurance, don’t poke the bear. That is the lesson three individuals in Los Angeles learned recently when they were sentenced to jail time for an insurance fraud scheme in which they staged attacks on high-end vehicles by having a person dress up in a bear costume – then pretending that person was an actual bear. Continue reading...

By Eric Berger

California Republican slams state's handling of hospice fraud as she looks to flip blue seat

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How a bear costume cost these luxury car insurance scamsters their freedom

Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a bizarre scam that involved someone dressed in a bear costume damaging luxury cars. The California Insurance Department said the three used a person in a bear suit to stage fake attacks inside a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes in 2024, then submitted fraudulent claims seeking nearly US$142,000 in payouts from insurance companies. The department called it “Operation Bear Claw”. Two Los Angeles-area men and a woman pleaded no...

By Associated Press

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