Woman Pleads Guilty to Filing False Claims for Unclaimed Property Details Written by FBI
Sacramento, California - Marilyn Cook (aka Marilyn Powell and Marilyn Sunset), 58, of Alcoa, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud in relation to a scheme to obtain unclaimed property held by the California State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
According to court documents, in August and September 2014, Cook, using the name Marilyn Sunset, committed a scheme to defraud by filing false claims with the Division of Unclaimed Property for properties belonging to the U.S. Marshal Service and others. These properties were being held pursuant to a California law that requires financial institutions, businesses, and other entities, to turnover financial assets to the State Controller’s Office when an account has been inactive or there has been no contact with the property owner for a spe
Don’t Miss the Chance to Claim Your Unclaimed Property
INDIANAPOLIS Monday is the first-ever National Unclaimed Property Day and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita wants Hoosiers to visit
IndianaUnclaimed.gov and search for unclaimed property.
The Office of the Attorney General’s Unclaimed Property Division has millions of dollars of unclaimed property to return to Hoosiers. Searching for property is free and only takes a few minutes.
In 2020, the Office’s Unclaimed Property Division received more than $129 million in property and returned more than $55 million to Hoosiers.
Generally, unclaimed property is defined as a financial asset with no activity by its owner for an extended period. This includes unclaimed wages or commissions, savings and checking accounts, stock dividends, insurance proceeds, credit balances, refunds, money orders, and more.