CELEBS STAR IN ‘PAYOUT’
Due a piece of $14B
Just what celebrities need: More money.
Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Al Pacino, Derek Jeter, Jerry Seinfeld and Gisele Bündchen are among the superstars a click away from collecting cash they’re entitled to from New York’s $14.5 billion pile of “unclaimed funds.”
The A-listers pop up alongside average Joes on the massive database maintained by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office, which logs more than 35 million accounts waiting to be tapped.
Most unclaimed funds come from old bank accounts and include life insurance, gift cards, uncashed checks and stocks.
State law requires that deserted money or securities be transferred to the Comptroller’s Office if there is no activity in an account for an extended period, typically three years.
Beyoncé, who according to Forbes is worth $290 million, can make some lemonade out of lemons if she cashes in two checks due from Bergdorf Goodman; Baccarat crystal owes First Daughter Ivanka Trump; and First Lady Melania Trump has money due from Bed Bath & Beyond.
President Trump is also owed some coin from Warren Corp., a fabric manufacturer and subsidiary of Louis Vuitton, the database shows, but odds are his payday won’t be “yuge.”
Meanwhile, a person listed as Hillary R. Clinton can claim a check from Verizon Wireless.
“The Boss,” Bruce Springsteen, most likely can’t buy a Kia with the petty cash he’s due — perhaps for an unclaimed royalty payment — from K-tel International.
Tiffany & Co. owes Matt Lauer and Katie Couric, and “Mean Girls” star Lindsay Lohan has an outstanding balance from French luxury label Hermès.
The state’s database, at osc.state.ny.us, doesn’t publicly note how much dough a recipient is owed, but 53 percent of claims amount to less than $100, the Comptroller’s Office says.
Not all the funds are chump change, though.
The largest amount still unclaimed in New York stands at more than $1.7 million. The biggest-ever payout was $4 million in 2008 from a stock claim.
The Office wouldn’t specify how many big shots have money coming theirr way, or whether the boldfaced namesames have ever called in to claim theirheir loot.
“The list is there for all New Yorkers. I’m not looking just at celebrities,” Lawrence Schantz, director of the Office of Unclaimed Funds, told The Post.
To make a claim for your cash, you must provide yourour taxpayer ID number and other identi-fying personal information.