A suspected fraudster dressed up in a bear costume before damaging cars in an insurance scam in the United States.

In January, a security camera captured unnerving footage: what appeared to be a bear had forced its way into a Rolls Royce parked outside a home in the Southern California resort community of Lake Arrowhead, gouged the seats and thrashed the interior.

The California Department of Insurance began investigating the alleged bear attacks after an insurance company received a claim in January and suspected fraud. The vehicle owners