Four people from Glendale and Valley Village were arrested for allegedly wearing fake bear costumes to commit insurance fraud.

The suspects are accused of claiming a bear damaged their vehicle at Lake Arrowhead and sending video footage to insurance companies when it was actually someone wearing a flashy, furry brown suit.

The California Department of Insurance announced Wednesday that all four have been charged with conspiracy and insurance fraud as part of “Operation Bear Claw.”

“The Ministry’s investigation began after an insurance company suspected fraud,” the ministry said in a statement. “Upon further review of the video, the investigation determined that the bear was in fact a person dressed in a bear costume.”

What we know about ‘Operation Bear Claw’

Four people, three from Glendale and another from Valley Village, allegedly claimed a bear got into their 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost and damaged the car’s interior in January.

The footage they shared with insurance companies shows a parked Rolls-Royce and a bear rummaging through its interior.

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Authorities began investigating and found additional insurance claims for a pair of Mercedes.

Again, the suspects used bear costumes to show that the animal had gotten inside and was responsible for the damage, and shared the video with two other insurance companies to verify their claims, the ministry said.

“To further ensure that it was not actually a bear in the video, the Department had a biologist from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife review the three alleged bear videos, and they determined it was clearly a human in a bear costume,” officials said. in a statement.

The bear costume was allegedly found at their home when authorities executed a search warrant.

Insurance companies were defrauded of approximately $150,000, authorities said.