Three sentenced for insurance scam involving a’man in a suit’15 hours agoSareen HabeshianThree Californian men were sentenced after staging fake attacks on luxury vehicles using a man in a bear costume. A viral video was handed to insurers to prove the scam. The video showed a bear seated in a 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost at Lake Arrowhead, California on 28 January 2024. Two high-end Mercedes models were also subjected to similar claims on the same day and location. The state insurance department conducted a search warrant and found a bear costume in the suspects’ house. The fraud involved $141,839 in insurance payments. Alfiya Zuckerman (39), Ruben Tamrazian (26), and Vahe Muradkhanyan (32) pleaded guilty to felony fraud. They were sentenced to 180 days in prison plus two years supervised probation. “What might have appeared unbelievable turned out to actually be that, and now those who are responsible are being held accountable,” said Ricardo Lara, state insurance commissioner.
