'Bear' in Rolls-Royce, Mercedes was actually man in a costume committing insurance fraud

Bears breaking into homes or trash cans in search of food have become a problem in California. However, a group of people decided to use this phenomenon to commit insurance fraud Bears Nursing: The look on this brown bear mother’s face seems to ask for, ‘privacy, please!’ as the sow notices an approaching bear in the distance. In what it’s dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Insurance Department said four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding three insurance companies out of nearly $142,000 by claiming a bear had caused damage to their vehicles. The group is accused of providing video footage from the San Bernardino Mountains in January of a “bear” moving inside a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes to the insurance companies as part of their damage claims, the department said. The department had a biologist from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife review the three videos, who concluded it was “clearly a human in a bear suit,” the insurance department said.