Three people sentenced to jail for bear-suit insurance scam in California
Summary
Three people in Los Angeles were sentenced to jail for staging fake attacks on expensive cars while dressed in a bear costume to commit insurance fraud. The scam was uncovered after they claimed a "bear" damaged a Rolls-Royce and submitted video evidence, which investigators proved was a person in a costume.Key Facts
- The scam involved pretending that a person in a bear suit attacked luxury cars like a Rolls-Royce and Mercedes.
- The insurance claims were made in 2024, including one for a car parked at Lake Arrowhead in San Bernardino.
- A video showed the "bear" inside a vehicle, but experts and investigators identified it as a human in a costume.
- Investigators found the bear costume during a search of one suspect’s home.
- Three suspects—Alfiya Zuckerman, Ruben Tamrazian, and Vahe Muradkhanyan—pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud.
- Each of the three was sentenced to 180 days in jail.
- Zuckerman and Tamrazian were ordered to pay over $52,000 each in restitution; Muradkhanyan’s restitution amount is pending.
- A fourth suspect, Ararat Chirkinian, will have a court hearing in September.
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