CHARLOTTE — It’s called “unclaimed cash.” There’s no catch. The state holds it for people for all sorts of reasons.
Action 9 investigator Jason Stoogenke has told you about it before, but never gets tired of trying to connect you with free money.
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Edwina Champion and her late husband went to Ukraine in 2001 and adopted Lillyann.
She kept a journal that she eventually turned into a book. Part of the preface reads, “I want Lillyann to know that, even though she was not born to us biologically, we love her with the same unconditional love of a parent for a child.”
Champion says she hadn’t gotten “any royalty checks in quite some time.”
“I couldn’t think what the [unclaimed cash] website was so I said, ‘Jason [Stoogenke] promotes this on Channel 9. He’ll be able to at least lead me in a direction,’” she said. “I didn’t find any royalty money, book sales money, but I found [$100s] in my late husband’s name.”
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“It’s exciting, like winning the lottery or a treasure hunt. See what’s out there,” she laughed.
To check for unclaimed money in North Carolina, go to nccash.com.
To check in South Carolina, click here.
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