Any financial asset with no activity by its owner for an extended period of time (i.e. Quincy and Boston Homes). This includes savings accounts, checking accounts, unpaid wages or commissions, stocks, underlying shares, uncashed dividends, customer deposits or overpayments, certificates of deposit, credit balances, refunds, money orders, paid-up life insurance policies, safe deposit boxes, and uncashed benefit checks, gift certificates, etc. Abandoned Property does not pertain to land, houses or real estate of any kind.

In a case not very dissimilar from the recent Detroit Public School scam: “Details of the charges show the office worker is accused of receiving kickbacks from special pay she authorized between 2003 and 2005 to a teacher’s aide and truck driver for after-school coaching work that never was performed. All three were charged with [...]

All across the country state departments are helping casino workers get back to work. According to the Selma Times-Journal, “On Monday Gov. Bob Riley said the state Department of Industrial Relations will have special locations today and Wednesday in Dallas, Macon and Houston counties to help workers laid off from White Hall Entertainment Center, VictoryLand [...]

The Massachusetts Attorney General stated, “From billboards lining the roads to television, radio, Internet, and print media, advertisements pervade our everyday lives. Some ads, such as ads for rental properties, relate to the most basic of needs: finding a place for you or your family to live. Unfortunately, language used in some housing ads is illegal, preventing individuals and families of certain characteristics from even being given a chance to apply for an apartment. Every individual and family in the Commonwealth is ensured the right to seek and secure housing of their choice free from unlawful discrimination…