The search for deceased Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s rumored $100 billion illicit fortune has hit the Big Apple. An application filed by the Libyan government in Manhattan federal court seeks records from eight major banks related to Gaddafi’s finances “in what could become the largest international asset recovery effort of all time,” according to attorneys involved in the matter. More than $100 billion was allegedly stolen by Gaddafi during his time as Libya’s ruler from 1969 to 2011, when he was overthrown by U.S.-supported rebels. “While the total amount stolen by Gaddafi, his family, and his agents is currently unknown and some place the number as high as $200 billion, [the Libyan government] currently estimates that at least tens of billions of dollars’ worth of assets belonging to the Libyan people were stolen by Gaddafi and his agents,” said the asset-recovery application, filed Dec. 9 by the Libyan Asset Recovery and Management …