An Escheatment Primer

When Bankers Trust was fined $50 million for failing to escheat several years ago, corporate ears perked up. Many wondered, "What is escheatment?" Others began asking, "What are the ground rules? What do we do if we’re not in compliance?" The questions were not without relevance. Nor did they occur because somebody in the company had dropped the ball. Escheatment is an extremely complex subject, and a company can fall into a swamp full of alligators through absolutely no fault of its own. Even…