DVP - Take the Money Order Image to your bank and ask them if it was processed

[Jim Hargrove]

Great post, DJ! Thank you!

As you know, John has expanded his write-up on the money order based, in part, on some of the docs Tom Scully brought to light.

I just got off the phone with John and I urged him not to dilute the power of our presentation of the un-cashed, unprocessed money order with all the minutia of the history of Postal money orders, which just goes on... and on... and on. I know of no other single piece of bogus "evidence" in this case that can be so quickly and easily discredited. Joe Citizen will want to see how the "evidence" was fixed, and not the tedious history of Postal Money Orders.

John pointed out that he's including all the evidence that rebuts the people trying to defend the legitimacy of the money order... and so he has decided to leave the money order page basically unchanged, with a "CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO" link. Should be ready in a few days.

As you also know, John sent you, me and Jim Di this email a few hours ago:

Today I interviewed a long time bank employee/teller/supervisor (35 years working at the same bank).

She took one look at the LHO money order and said it had not been deposited to a bank, because there were no bank endorsements or "validations."

She said that each and every check, money order, etc., deposited had to have a bank endorsement stamp (dated) to show the date and amount of deposit. The same information was printed on the deposit slip, which could be the total sum of one check or many checks.

She also said that before the depositing bank could send checks and money orders to the district Federal Reserve bank for clearing, that each check or money order had to be "validated" by the depositing bank. This "validation" occurred when the depositing bank either stamped or printed their banks name and ABA number on each and every check or money order. When sent to the Federal Reserve for "clearing," the FRB would then credit the bank according to the ABA number imprinted on the check/money order. The FRB would then debit the amount of the check from the bank who's ABA number appears on the front of the check. The FRB would debit the US Treasury for the amount that appears on a postal money order. After "clearing" the validated checks were returned to the originating bank. After "clearing" postal money orders were returned to the appropriate postal accounting facility.

THE THOUGHT OCCURRED TO ME TO ASK DAVID VON PEIN TO SIMPLY TAKE A COPY OF THE LHO MONEY ORDER TO HIS BANK AND ASK A BANK VP TO SIGN A LETTER STATING THAT THIS MONEY ORDER HAD BEEN DEPOSITED TO A BANK AND THEN IDENTIFY THAT BANK BY THE ABA NUMBER. WHAT FUN !!!!!