Three California scammers thought they’d pulled off the ultimate heist: dress someone up in a bear costume, let “Mr. Bear” trash a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes from the inside, film the chaos, and claim nearly $142,000 from insurance companies. They even submitted videos of the “wild animal attack” from the San Bernardino Mountains — until a biologist took one look and declared, “That’s clearly a dude in a furry suit.” Cops later found the actual bear costume at their house, turning “Operation Bear Claw” into the most ridiculous insurance fraud case of the year. Real bears in California are now side-eyeing these amateurs for giving them a bad name.
California bear-suit luxury car scam ends in insurance fraud sentences for 3
