[HPforGrownups] intro & magic/technology question

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No: HPFGUIDX 71576


On Friday, Jul 18, 2003, at 21:07 America/Indianapolis, Lady Macbeth 
wrote:
> With
> their size and organization, they may even have people just FOR 
> checking to
> make sure none of the money that goes through their bank is something 
> else
> that was transfigured.  With similar laws about counterfeiting on the 
> books,
> it really wouldn't make it worth it for most people to go to the 
> effort,
> even if they could find enough stuff to transfigure.

Yes, but one would have to be a fool to take money they just 
transfigured straight to Gringott's, just as a muggle counterfeiter 
would be a fool to just walk into the bank and deposit it. The key 
would be to _spend_ it somewhere, and such that the spending would 
reach several more levels before ever being deposited, to avoid it 
being traced back to you...

Of course, it's much simpler to just conjure Leprechauns' gold, in any 
case. I believe this was mentioned in one of the books

--Random832