Kia Hamster Actor Welfare Fraud

The actor continued to accept disability payments even while advancing his career landing a high-profile role as one of kia's dancing hamsters in their well-known car commercials. The man who once played a dancing hamster in a kia soul commercial has been arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud. Leroy barnes, 27, of los angeles, had allegedly been collecting.

A los angeles man who portrayed one of the dancing hamsters in tv commercials for kia soul cars — while collecting disability benefits — will be spending the next three months under. Los angeles (ap) — a man who played a dancing hamster in kia car commercials and was a backup dancer for madonna has been charged with california disability fraud.