Detectives arrested four people for allegedly faking bear attacks on vehicles and then defrauding insurance companies out of more than $140,000.
In what has been dubbed Operation Bear Claw, California Department of Insurance investigators looked into a suspisious claim regarding a bear damaging the inside of a 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost. The claimant included a video of what they said was a bear in the vehicle in Lake Arrowhead.
While scrutinizing the video, the investigation determined the bear was actually a person in a bear costume. Detectives then found two additional insurance claims with two different insurance companies, for the suspects with the same date of loss and at the same location…