Person in bear costume attacks luxury cars in insurance scam, California insurers say

Four Los Angeles residents stand accused of defrauding insurance companies when they claimed a bear broke into their luxury cars and damaged vehicles, but investigators determined the wild animal was a human in costume. 

In what was aptly dubbed "Operation Bear Claw," the California Insurance Department said Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale; Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale; Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of Glendale; and Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley Village, are all facing charges of insurance fraud and conspiracy.