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I saw this on the news! I was watching the video about the bear suit insurance fraud and the story about this started playing right after.
Ok you've got to elaborate on the bear suit insurance fraud
https://abc7.com/post/3-southern-california-residents-sentenced-bear-suit-insurance-fraud-scheme/18907444/
This article also has the surveillance footage they submitted to their insurance.
Three dudes, luxury cars. The highlight of all the articles is a wildlife expert that is quoted: "It's clearly a person in a bear suit."
You also forgot what they named the investigation "Operation Bear Claw"