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See also, from the 2009 major financial crisis: Anatomy Of A Bank Takeover > On a mid-January night, some 80 agents of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. pul

See also, from the 2009 major financial crisis: Anatomy Of A Bank Takeover > On a mid-January night, some 80 agents of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. pull into Vancouver, Wash. Their rental cars are generic, their arrival times staggered. One by one, agents check into a hotel, each quietly offering a pseudonym to the guy at the desk. > They're here to take over the Bank of Clark County, which the FDIC has decided is insolvent. https://www.npr.org/2009/03/26/102384657/anatomy-of-a-bank-takeover https://www.npr.org/2009/03/26/102384657/anatomy-of-a-bank-t...

nradov 4y ago
It's getting harder to check into hotels with a pseudonym now. Even if you're paying cash, most hotels require a government-issued photo ID plus a credit card with a matching name.
- Retric 4y ago
  I wonder how difficult a government agency would find getting around this.
  - theguyovrthere 4y ago
    a company I used to work for would sometimes have to bulk book rooms with little notice for certain types of response operations. Sometimes we'd get a room key with a number when we checked into the ops center, sometimes we were simply told what hotel we were at, and all we had to do was give a company name and our name. Sometimes they'd ask to see our company badge but that was about it.
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- the_biot 4y ago
  Yup, and it's been like that for a very long time. But I'm sure you could find something like a travel agency to make an arrangement with hotels to just charge room + minibar etc to them, with the condition that the hotel doesn't ask for ID.
- rr888 4y ago
  Presumably its to stop chatter on the front desk? Most hotels now you can unlock your room with an app so that would work.
- theguyovrthere 4y ago
  There are ways. Company I used to work for would routine bulk block rooms in certain situations. Once we showed up we would either go to the front desk and only have to give our name and company name and we'd be handed a key with a room number. Sometimes as we checked in at the ops center for the situation there would be a stack of keys with nothing but room numbers and you just got whatever was next on the stack.

nradov 4y ago

It's getting harder to check into hotels with a pseudonym now. Even if you're paying cash, most hotels require a government-issued photo ID plus a credit card with a matching name.

Retric 4y ago
I wonder how difficult a government agency would find getting around this.
- theguyovrthere 4y ago
  a company I used to work for would sometimes have to bulk book rooms with little notice for certain types of response operations. Sometimes we'd get a room key with a number when we checked into the ops center, sometimes we were simply told what hotel we were at, and all we had to do was give a company name and our name. Sometimes they'd ask to see our company badge but that was about it.
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the_biot 4y ago
Yup, and it's been like that for a very long time. But I'm sure you could find something like a travel agency to make an arrangement with hotels to just charge room + minibar etc to them, with the condition that the hotel doesn't ask for ID.
rr888 4y ago
Presumably its to stop chatter on the front desk? Most hotels now you can unlock your room with an app so that would work.
theguyovrthere 4y ago
There are ways. Company I used to work for would routine bulk block rooms in certain situations. Once we showed up we would either go to the front desk and only have to give our name and company name and we'd be handed a key with a room number. Sometimes as we checked in at the ops center for the situation there would be a stack of keys with nothing but room numbers and you just got whatever was next on the stack.