Dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Department of Insurance began an investigation after an insurance company suspected fraud when the suspects, residents of Glendale and Valley Village, in January reported a bear had gotten into their Rolls-Royce Ghost in Lake Arrowhead.

Four Los Angeles-area residents accused of using a bear costume and faking break-ins on their luxury cars to get insurance payouts were arrested Wednesday.

Four Los Angeles residents were arrested for an insurance fraud scheme after they claimed a bear damaged their vehicles — but video showed it was a person in a bear costume. The California Department of Insurance said the four men claimed a bear entered their 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost and damaged the interior while at Lake Arrowhead on Jan.

The suspects provided video footage to the insurance company, which showed "the alleged bear" in the vehicle, a news release says.

They submitted an insurance claim for a bear attack. But the video showed it was allegedly a person in a bear costume.

Investigators accused four suspects of staging bear attacks using a costume to damage vehicles in a San Bernardino County mountain community in order to receive payouts totaling more than $140,000.

California officials say they have arrested four people for their alleged role in a rather bizarre insurance scheme involving a 'bear' that tore up luxury cars.