This is definitely unique, but we have seen ... that people will do a lot of things to try and get an undeserved insurance payout,” an official told news outlets.

Los Angeles residents have been arrested for allegedly attempting to defraud their insurance companies by using a bear costume to damage their cars

Four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding three insurance companies out of nearly $142,000 by claiming a bear damaged their vehicles.

Once upon a time in Southern California, a person wore a bear costume to damage luxury cars so friends could allegedly cash in on hefty insurance payouts.

Three insurance claims involving a bear damaging luxury cars in California are now believed to be fraud after it was determined that the culprit was actually a man in a costume. Four Los Angeles residents were arrested as part of the scheme,

Biologists determined that "it was clearly a human in a bear suit." Four California men have been arrested in conjunction with an insurance scam after dressing up in a bear costume and damaging several high-end cars.