Four Los Angeles men have been charged with fraud after claiming a bear caused damage to their luxury vehicles, but they were actually using a bear costume to fake the attacks for insurance payouts.

Four California men have been arrested in conjunction with an insurance scam after dressing up in a bear costume and damaging several high-end cars. Ruben Tamrazian, 26, Ararat Chirkinian ...

The forms of the costumes that he chronicled vary ... the festivals are also a rite of passage for young men. Dressing in the garb of a bear or wild man is a way of “showing your power ...