Four people have been arrested in California on suspicion of insurance fraud after claiming their cars were damaged by a bear.

California’s insurance department asked a state biologist to review videos that had been submitted by people seeking payouts for vehicle damage.

Officials in California announced this week that four individuals were arrested in an insurance scheme that allegedly included one person wearing a bear costume in a staged attack. California is no stranger to bears breaking into vehicles, but when footage surfaced of bears slipping into luxury cars, it alerted insurers that something was amiss.

The California Department of Insurance teamed up with San Bernardino County authorities to lead “Operation Bear Claw,” which determined that the four people attempted to defraud insurance companies by claiming a bear had entered their luxury cars and caused interior damage.

California is seeing its share of bear break-ins. Now it’s seen a fake one — someone in a bear costumer rummaging through luxury cars.

California officials arrested four people over an alleged insurance scam involving a very fake bear attacking luxury vehicles in the state this week. The crew is accused of attacking three cars in order to cash in the insurance checks.

Footage of a bear rifling through luxury cars was submitted to insurance companies, which paid out $140,000. But something seemed off.

Four Southern Californians arrested Wednesday are facing fraud charges for allegedly using a person in a bear costume to fake vandalism damage to a Rolls Royce Ghost. It cost insurance companies $141,

Four people are accused of using footage of a fake bear damaging luxury cars to file false insurance claims in California.