Christmas arrived early for a Kansas City, Missouri woman last month. Missouri Treasurer Clint Zweifel said his office had successfully identified the owner of unclaimed property worth $6.1 million. Zweifel said his staff began searching for the woman last September, when a single security was turned over to his office as unclaimed property. KMBC, the ABC affiliate in Kansas City, reported that a relative of the woman had invested in "an obscure company" many years ago-a security that had multiplied exponentially from its original date of purchase.
When the woman learned of her bonanza, she requested that the treasurer's office sell her security and send her a check for the proceeds that amounted to $6.1 million. They honored her request, and she can now claim membership in the one percent club. In fact, with that much money, she's well above the lowest level of income in that bracket.
The woman requested anonymity as part of the transaction, which means her identity might never be revealed. In a quote from Kansas City Star, Zweifel noted, “Ultimately we have a responsibility, when we return money back to somebody, to protect their privacy and to make sure they’re not being tracked or followed by someone." In the same article, the newspaper reported that this was the largest unclaimed property settlement on record in Missouri and possibly in the nation.
The unnamed heiress will have a very Merry Christmas, indeed!
0 comments:
Post a Comment