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.
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.”
“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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