Here’s one way to cash in like a celebrity — find a check in your name registered with the state’s unclaimed-funds kitty.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office is publicizing the 23 million accounts — including such boldface names as Sean Connery, Tyra Banks, Sarah Jessica Parker and Ralph Lauren — it is holding.
CD0;KA0″We want to return this money to its rightful owners,” DiNapoli said of the $9 billion worth of forgotten accounts. For more information, New Yorkers can visit http://www.osc.state.ny.us or call (800) 221-9311.