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Maryam Khanum

California Residents Faking Bear Attacks to Get Insurance Money Caught After Agents Noticed 'Bear' Was Just 'A Person In a Bear Costume': CDI

A bear costume used by the perpetrators to film a fake video of bear attacks on their cars in order to receive payouts from their car insurance providers. (Credit: California Department of Insurance)

Multiple California residents have been arrested by law enforcement after allegedly fabricating bear attacks on cars in order to receive insurance payouts, officials say.

Four Los Angeles County residents have been arrested thus far. Of these 4, 3 submitted insurance claims in which they state a bear attacked their vehicles and destroyed the interior, according to the California Department of Insurance. All three stated that the attacks occurred in the San Bernardino County mountain community of Lake Arrowhead, reported CBS News.

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