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. Days after the story broke,

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

Do you already know the bear suit trick? Probably not. However, insurance firms worldwide are already aware of it through a group of Americans. Very resourceful or just extremely dumb? Judge for yourself.

Four people have been arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly committing insurance fraud by claiming a bear had attacked their vehicles, though it actually turned out to be a person in a bear costume.

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. SACRAMENTO, California — Four Californians allegedly used a bear costume to damage their luxury vehicles and claim insurance payouts,

Four people were arrested in an insurance fraud case after they submitted footage to an insurance company showing what they said was a bear damaging a luxury car.

Four people are under arrest for allegedly using a bear costume to damage their luxury vehicles and filing false insurance claims, authorities said.

Four Los Angeles County residents were arrested after submitting video to insurance companies that appeared to show a bear damaging luxury cars in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., the authorities said. The bear was actually a person in a bear suit,