Sirius and Gringotts -Admin vs Inherit

[Sea Change]

No: HPFGUIDX 96271


> Sea Change (I think) [Yup, it was me! A regular poster remembered
*me*!  :) :) :) ]  wrote: 

 [snip] maybe they can see through the
SC> > ruse, know that Sirius wrote the letter, and don't care as long as
SC> > they can plausibly deny and say to the human authorities that the
SC> > letter wasn't written by Sirius, but by Harry.
 
 Carol responds:
C> Wouldn't the goblins wonder why Harry wasn't using his own vault? I
C> think the transaction would require Sirius's signature, not Harry's,
C> fugitive from Azkaban or not. IIRC, it was the order for the Firebolt,
C> not the request for money from the vault, that was written in Harry's
C> name.

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Sea Change now writes:


I puzzled about this, too.

I think your cannon memory is correct, and that there are two
potential points there.  It seems to me that the Goblins (as a
collective) would see both pieces of paper, though.  Perhaps they are
sufficiently bureaucratic that not the same individual Goblin saw both
halves, and it's an error?

Perhaps we should see this as an instance of money-laundering.  Would
they care that the money for Harry's purchase was laundered?  Maybe
they sent the money to the broom vendor thinking themselves that it
was way too much money to merely be spending on one of those
broom-thingies humans use, and didn't blink.


Sea Change, who wonders if there's a main branch of Gringott's in the
States of Jersey.