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3 Southern California residents sentenced in bear suit insurance fraud scheme (abc7.com)

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[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 hours ago

An investigation into the claim - dubbed "Operation Bear Claw" - took a closer look at the video and found the "bear" was actually a person in a bear costume, the insurance department said. Investigators then took the video to biologists with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to also look at the video. The biologists said, "it was clearly a human in a bear suit."

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