Bank Accounts (was Gringotts Bank)

[marinafrants <rusalka@ix.netcom.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50548

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001 <Zarleycat at a...>" 
<Zarleycat at a...> wrote:

<snip good points about MoM not having the authority to seize 
Sirius' assets>

> Which doesn't really get to the question of how money is 
transferred 
> from the account of a fugitive to a broom merchant.  I suppose if 
> everything is written out correctly on an order form, with the 
> correct vault indicated, and signed by the owner of the vault, 
then, 
> perhaps this is then considered a binding agreement.  

But if Sirius' letter is to be believed, he used Harry's name to do 
the transaction, which means it wouldn't be his signature on the 
order form, it would be Harry's (and a fake one, at that).  That's 
why I'm theorizing about this joint account business.  I can easily 
believe that the Gringott's goblins wouldn't bat an eye at a letter 
from Sirius Black saying "transfer some money from my vault to this 
broom merchant and tell them to send a Firebolt to Harry Potter," 
but a letter from Harry Potter saying "transfer some money from 
Sirius Black's vault to this broom merchant and tell them to send me 
a Firebolt" is a different matter, unless Harry is authorized to 
access the vault to begin with.


Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com