Gringotts Bank was Re: PoA question and Sirius

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50554

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinafrants <rusalka at i...>"
<rusalka at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sjd914 <sjd914 at y...>" 
> You  guys forgot that Sirius also said that he used Harry's name 
> to  buy the broom. ...edited...
> 
> Which raises the question of how "Harry Potter" was able to 
> authorize a withdrawal of funds from Sirius Black's vault.  
> ...edited...
> 
> Maybe when Sirius became Harry's godfather, he set up a joint 
> account ...
> 
> Marina
> rusalka at i...

bboy_mn:
Let me take a shot a answering a couple of post in this subthread.

Example:
I buy the neighbor kid a bicycle. I fill out an order form in this
name (his name and address; the recipient of the bike) then I give
them my credit card number and authorized them to charge it to my account.

That's exactly what Sirius did. He filled out an order form in Harry's
name (Harry gets the broom) and authorized Quality Quidditch Supplies
to bill his bank account. Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Post
Office and mailed it. The Quidditch story took the authorization to
the bank, the bank compared signatures (or whatever) to verify that is
was valid authorization, and transferred the fund to the Quidditch
store. Once transfer was confirm, the mailed out the broom.

End of that story.

Now, why wasn't Sirius's money confiscated by the ministry? The
government can only sieze your assets if those assets have been
involved in a crime or if they are ill-gotten gains; money obtained
illegally.

Then, how can Harry use Sirius's money? Well, in a sense, they are
related. Sirius is Harry's godfather, to some extent the makes them
legally family. Sirius is his guardian, that makes Harry his
dependant, and that's close enough to family for the tax man.


Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn