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Three people sentenced to jail for bear-suit insurance scam in California
https://www.theguardian.com ^ | Sat 18 Apr 2026 | Eric Berger

Posted on 04/18/2026 12:58:43 PM PDT by Beowulf9

When it comes to the California department of insurance, don’t poke the bear.

That is the lesson three individuals in Los Angeles learned recently when they were sentenced to jail time for an insurance fraud scheme in which they staged attacks on high-end vehicles by having a person dress up in a bear costume – then pretending that person was an actual bear.

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1 posted on 04/18/2026 12:58:43 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

The should have worn his Bigfoot suit. Cost him plenty.


2 posted on 04/18/2026 1:00:24 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Beowulf9

Caught when instead of doing their business in the woods they waited in line at a Cracker Barrel to use the rest room.


3 posted on 04/18/2026 1:01:57 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Beowulf9

“That is the lesson three individuals in Los Angeles learned recently when they were sentenced to jail time for an insurance fraud scheme in which they staged attacks on high-end vehicles by having a person dress up in a bear costume – then pretending that person was an actual bear”. Most unusual.


4 posted on 04/18/2026 1:04:17 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Beowulf9

Ursarance


5 posted on 04/18/2026 1:04:29 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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I’m reminded of the gorilla suit incident on the train in Trading Places...

“FEMALE?!?!”


6 posted on 04/18/2026 1:07:07 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: Beowulf9

I’ve seen pictures of them before but they are hard to find, the media doesn’t seem to think that photos are popular for some reason, although it sure has worked for the Daily Mail.


7 posted on 04/18/2026 1:08:22 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Beowulf9

Good grief. Ray Charles could see those perfectly symmetrical scratches were fake.


8 posted on 04/18/2026 1:09:50 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: RandallFlagg

Three days later the Texan, battered and bruised showed up at the bar again and asked “now where is that eskimo woman I’m supposed to wrestle”.


9 posted on 04/18/2026 1:10:03 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: RandallFlagg

I thought of this “Kids In The Hall” classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxMrWSTlvgg


10 posted on 04/18/2026 1:12:15 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: ansel12

TMZ pics:

https://www.tmz.com/2024/11/14/man-in-bear-suit-insurance-scam-arrest-california-los-angeles/


11 posted on 04/18/2026 1:24:31 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Beowulf9

In California, if you identify as a bear, you are a bear. They (the bear) should sue!


12 posted on 04/18/2026 1:45:13 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: Beowulf9

This is hilarious! Our daughter is an auto claims adjuster for an insurance company. I just sent this to her. She’s seen all sorts of fraud but I doubt she’s seen this one!


13 posted on 04/18/2026 1:55:15 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Bet she loves it πŸ˜†


14 posted on 04/18/2026 8:06:06 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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