By Nick Aziz
Wednesday, Jan 18th, 2006 @ 5:09 pm

A man facing a big bill because he had blown the engine in his 1997 BMW decided to bury his car instead and collect $20,000 from his insurance company by claiming it was stolen, reports the Associated Press. Mueller, 35, of Akron, was sentenced to a year in prison for insurance fraud, tampering with evidence, falsification and receiving stolen property. He also had to pay restitution to Progressive Insurance along with $15,500 to state officials for their costs digging up the car.