Three sentenced for luxury car insurance scam involving person wearing bear suit

NewsWorldAmericasUS Crime NewsThree sentenced for luxury car insurance scam involving person wearing bear suitA biologist reviewing footage of the ‘attack’ concluded that it was ‘clearly a human in a bear suit’Graig Graziosi in Washington, D.C. Sunday 19 April 2026 00:15 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2960449","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/luxury-car-scam-bear-suit-b2960449.html","title":"Three sentenced for luxury car insurance scam involving a bear suit"}}CloseMan dresses in bear costume to scratch up luxury cars in insurance scamThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"US Crime News","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}A scam involving a person in...