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
Florida is auctioning off tons of unclaimed property to the highest bidder
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TALLAHASSEE – Registration begins Friday for the 2021 Florida Unclaimed Property Auction, which will be held online for the first time in the program’s history.
Bidding will begin the following Friday, April 23, and is open to the public nationwide.
The auction items got turned over to the Division of Unclaimed Property after they were recovered from abandoned safe deposit boxes.
Some of the featured items, according to a news release from Jimmy Patronis, the state’s chief financial officer, include collectible coins, gold coins, collectible currency, silver, gold and miscellaneous items like sports cards including Ken Griffey Jr. and Mickey Mantle.