Four Southern Californians arrested Wednesday are facing fraud charges for allegedly using a person in a bear costume to fake vandalism damage to a Rolls Royce Ghost. It cost insurance companies $141,

A suspected fraudster dressed up in a bear costume before damaging cars in an insurance scam in the United States.

The suspects are also accused of staging fake-bear videos with two Mercedes-Benz vehicles as part of fraudulent insurance claims.

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.

Police arrested four people charged with insurance fraud. They allege that the suspects used a bear costume to commit said fraud. Their evidence is, in part, video sent to the insurance companies by the suspects themselves.

Four Los Angeles residents were arrested for an insurance fraud scheme after they claimed a bear damaged their vehicles — but video showed it was a person in a bear costume. The California Department of Insurance said the four men claimed a bear entered their 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost and damaged the interior while at Lake Arrowhead on Jan.

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.