'Operation Bear Claw' nabs 4 accused of faking bear vandalism on Rolls Royce
Four Southern Californians arrested Wednesday are facing fraud charges for allegedly using a person in a bear costume to fake ...
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Operation Bear Claw: How investigators busted group behind fake bear attacks with bear costume
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 ...
Watch: Insurance Companies Paid Out Thousands After a Bear Broke in to Luxury Cars. It Was Clearly a Person in a Bear Suit
Four suspects were arrested in a wild California insurance fraud scheme that included a person in a bear suit ripping up ...
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Operation Bear Claw: How investigators busted group behind fake bear attacks with bear costume
The California Department of Insurance teamed up with San Bernardino County authorities to lead “Operation Bear Claw,” which ...
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'Operation Bear Claw' nabs 4 accused of faking bear vandalism on Rolls Royce
Arrested in the "Operation Bear Claw" case were Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale, Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale, Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of Glendale, and Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley Village.
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Fake bear insurance fraud
As part of “Operation Bear Claw,” all four have been charged with conspiracy and insurance fraud, the California Department of Insurance announced Wednesday. “The Department’s ...
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Human in Bear Suit Was Used to Defraud Insurance Companies, Officials Say
On Wednesday, after concluding an investigation it called Operation Bear Claw, the department said it had determined that the bear was not, in fact, a bear. “Upon further scrutiny of the video ...
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Bear costume used in elaborate car insurance fraud scheme
Initiating an investigation -- named Operation Bear Claw -- the department learned that two other claims had been filed to different insurance companies with similar details: the same location and ...
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A ‘bear’ damaged luxury cars. It was ‘clearly a human in a bear suit,’ a state biologist said after reviewing videos.
In what’s dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Insurance Department said four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding three insurance companies out of ...
Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume
California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off ...
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Four arrested for using bear costume to fake car attack in insurance scam
(Department of Insurance – Operation Bear Claw) The claimants provided video footage of said attack, but the insurers found it barely credible, alerted authorities, and Operation Bear Claw was born.
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Did Human in Bear Costume Damage Cars for Insurance Scam?
A video showing a bear targeting three cars in California is allegedly a giant hoax. Authorities say it was actually a human wearing a bear costume that was using a sharp metal claw-like tool to ...