Sirius and Gringotts -Admin vs Inherit

finwitch finwitch at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 20 10:20:28 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 96468

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.

---
Finwitch:

Perhaps Sirius sent a letter to the Goblins as well? Secondly, this 
was a high-security Vault 713 (or was it 711) Sirius booked when they 
planned on the Fidelius Charm. It is not given on a name, and the 
administering Goblin might not even know the name for it. (but 
Sirius' authorisation is magically confirmed, of course... Maybe the 
Goblins identified fingerprints on the letter or something).

Anyway, I'm positive if the Goblin thought something, he realised 
that the person with numbered, high security Vault, was just using 
a "false" name in withdrawal, and as they are probably even more 
strict on confidentiality than Swiss Banks, they certainly didn't say 
anything to the broomstick sellers or Ministry of Magic.

-- Finwitch






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