Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a scam that involved someone dressed in a bear costume damaging luxury cars.
Following a California Department of Insurance investigation, dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” three Los Angeles area residents pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud and were sentenced to a weekend jail program, followed by probation, the department said in a news release. Two of them were ordered to pay more than US$50,000 in restitution.
A fourth person faces a court hearing in September.
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