Dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Department of Insurance began an investigation after an insurance company suspected fraud when the suspects, residents of Glendale and Valley Village, in January reported a bear had gotten into their Rolls-Royce Ghost in Lake Arrowhead.

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.

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 people have been charged with insurance fraud and conspiracy after investigators discovered that a bear caught on camera causing damage was actually a person in costume.