We mentioned a few months back that billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg was due $76,000 in unclaimed funds, but it turns out he’s not the only high roller overlooking some cash. A recent Forbes.com article highlights a few other big dogs who are missing a few bucks:
Note to Yahoo! Chief Executive Jerry Yang.
Word is […]
It was just over a month ago that we pointed out that CA abandoned assets totaled $5.1 billion, but in just a few short weeks the state has added another $200,000 to bring the total to $5.3 billion, and counting, according Mercury News.
California is sitting on $5.3 billion in abandoned property, which it gets to […]
According to Wyoming State Treasurer Joe Meyer, the state is currently holding more than $26 million in WY unclaimed money, owed to residents of the state.
A recent Wyoming brief from the Jackson Hole Star Tribune provides details:
State Treasurer Joe Meyer’s office will hold its annual Wyoming Windfall campaign starting Monday in an effort to return […]
This blog has mentioned the legal mess surrounding California’s unclaimed property program before, but it seems there is no end in sight. After a recent ruling that took the side of people who are owed a share of the CA unclaimed funds, the citizens, and took the position that the state had handled lost […]
Each year the unclaimed property division of treasury departments in all 50 states receive millions of dollars in forgotten money, and Pennsylvania is no exception. In fact Pennsylvania stands out in that of the tens of billions in unclaimed money out there, PA alone is home to more than $1 billion.
On January 1, The […]
Of the TENS OF BILLIONS in unclaimed property across the nation, over $1.4 billion exists in the state of Illinois alone. The best part? According to the Peoria Journal Star, residents of Illinois are far more likely to be owed a Illinois unclaimed money than not:
The state Treasurer’s Office is holding $1.4 billion […]
As recently as May of this year, MD Comptroller Peter Franchot reported that his office is currently holding $580 million in Maryland unclaimed money, according to an article in The Examiner. The article also reported on one massive unclaimed property return:
“We were holding over $800,000 in stock” for one man, Franchot told one of […]