Four people in Southern California allegedly attempted insurance fraud when they conspired together and submitted several insurance claims after a person in a bear costume faked attacks on their vehicles, including a Rolls Royce. The California Department of Insurance (DOI) says authorities have arrested four suspects and there is an arrest warrant out for a fifth person. The DOI is calling it “Operation Bear Claw.”
“The suspects claimed on January 28, 2024 in Lake Arrowhead a bear entered their 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost and caused interior damage to the vehicle,” says the DOI in a press release. “They provided video footage to their insurance company, which showed the alleged bear in the vehicle.”
However, the video and the “damage” weren’t too convincing…