California Officials Say Four People Used Bear Costume In Car Insurance Fraud Scheme

State insurance department said claim of wildlife damage to Rolls-Royce Ghost actually involved human dressed as bear

Four individuals in Los Angeles were arrested on Wednesday and charged with insurance fraud after claiming that a bear had damaged their cars, when the bear in question was actually just a person dressed in a bear costume.

The California department of insurance said that the suspects filed a claim in January of this year, stating that a bear entered their 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost while it was parked at Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino mountains and caused interior damage to the vehicle.