$87K Payout for Mercedes Found Buried at California Mansion

A man linked to one of San Joaquin County’s largest-ever insurance fraud schemes reported a Mercedes-Benz found buried at his former home stolen in 1992 and collected tens of thousands of dollars in insurance on the vehicle, according to San Mateo County authorities.

Johnny Bocktune Lew, who built the $15 million Atherton mansion where the car was unearthed last week, reported the Mercedes-Benz stolen in 1992 and collected $87,000 in insurance on the vehicle, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe told the San Jose Mercury News.

‘This book has 15 chapters in it and we’ve only got two chapters,’ Wagstaffe told the newspaper. ‘I don’t know if we’re ever going to get the other chapters, but I sure hope we do because it is an interesting story.’

Lew died in 2015.