A young man named Leroy Barnes was arrested in Los Angeles this week on insurance fraud charges, accused of collecting state disability benefits for over a year while still employed.
Why should you care?
Because Barnes, 27, is best known as one of the dancing hamsters in a series of recent Kia car commercials. In fact, his performances in those ads helped convince state investigators that he had committed insurance fraud. Exhibit A is below:
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