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.

Investigators accused four suspects of staging bear attacks using a costume to damage vehicles in a San Bernardino County mountain community in order to receive payouts totaling more than $140,000.

Four people have been charged with insurance fraud for claiming that their cars were trashed by a bear — which was actually someone in a bear costume, officials said Wednesday.

Four people were arrested for alleged insurance fraud after they said a bear had damaged their cars. Investigators discovered the "bear" was just a man in a bear suit. (Credit: California Department o

Four people from Los Angeles County are facing insurance fraud and conspiracy charges after allegedly staging fake bear attacks with a bear costume.

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. Four Los Angeles residents were arrested as part of the scheme,