A question on Sirius and his vault

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 126789


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, laurie goudge <parisfan_ca at y...>
wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone:
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> ... At the end when Sirius sends Harry the note confirming it was 
> him who sent the new broom and Crookshanks was the one who did the 
> ordering I wondered--how did Crookshanks get the money from
> Sirius's vault without raising alarm bells? ...Didn't whomever gave
> Crookshanks the money realize the vault ... belonged to a fellon? 
> ...
> 
> ... it's been nagging me as to how Sirius was able to pay for Harry's 
> new broom and not get caught the instant his vault was accessed....
> 
> 
> laurie

bboyminn:

We don't really have a solid explanation for this, so we are reduced
to speculation. This is the theory I have speculated in the past.

Order Placed by a Cat-
I think we are looking at standard straight forward mail-order. The
cat(Crookshanks) took the order /form/ to the post office. That order
form contained an authorization to withdraw the money from Vault #711;
Sirius's vault. So, Crookshanks wasn't actually carrying gold, just an
authorization for the gold much the same way you give authorization to
withdraw from you credit card when you mail order.

Goblin, Bankers, and Privacy-
Still it's fair to ask, why didn't the Bank Goblins know that this was
Sirius's vault, further knowing Sirius was an exscaped criminal, why
didn't they turn him in?

I have always speculated that the Goblins don't think much of the
Ministy. The Ministry represents an organization that has oppressed
and controlled them for centuries. Also, the Goblin take money and
their trust to guard it very seriously. I therefore think that they
also take the private financial affairs of their customers very
seriously. I can very easily see the Goblins thinking it's not any of
the Ministries business what the Bank's customers are doing with there
money, and therfore they would see no need to assist or notify the
Ministry.

As long as wizard's personal bank business isn't affecting the
Goblin's own gold or profit, I think they would guard their customer's
privacy as closely as they guard their customer's gold. The Goblins,
who again are not the most Ministry friendly creatures, would regard
chasing criminals as the Ministries business, and guarding gold and
privacy as their own business; never the two shall meet.

This seems like a fair explanation, but we'll never know until JKR
confirms it.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn