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Bear costume insurance scammers get 180 days in the den

Rob Beschizza
Apr 21, 2026
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They were caught red-pawed.

Glendale residents Ruben Tamrazian, Ararat Chirkinian and Vahe Muradkhanyan, and Alfiya Zuckerman of Valley Village, had a brilliant plan to commit insurance fraud: perhaps the best of all time. They faked a bear attack on a 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost–and two other fancy motors–by dressing up in a bear costume and mauling the vehi…

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