California nabs insurance fraud suspects in bear-y unusual case
Insurance Department detectives reviewed the footage, which showed a large, furry creature entering the vehicles and causing scratches and other interior damages, and concluded “it was actually a person in a bear costume.” The detectives nicknamed their investigation “Operation Bear Claw.”
Bear costume used in elaborate car insurance fraud scheme
Suspects claimed on Jan. 28, 2024, that a bear entered their 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost and caused interior damage, according to the Department of Insurance. They provided video footage of the incident, stating that it had occurred during their visit to Lake Arrowhead.
Three insurance claims involving a bear damaging luxury cars in California are now believed to be fraud after it was ...
Lindberg pleaded to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the U.S., including wire fraud, investment adviser ...
Jeremiah Strese, 47, of rural Monticello, pleaded no contest on Oct. 15 and was found guilty of obstructing an officer and ...
Two siblings were arrested for allegedly cashing out policy money on their neighbour, 'Noem my Skollie' actor David Manuel.
Once upon a time in Southern California, a person wore a bear costume to damage luxury cars so friends could allegedly cash ...
security watchdogs are warning all of us to be on the lookout for health insurance fraud. The open enrollment period for ...
The Honda driver has been charged with staging a motor vehicle accident, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, conspiracy ...
WATERLOO — A Waterloo woman has pleaded to insurance fraud in connection with a hailstorm that never happened. In what the ...
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