Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28522425-20170224170014

 I think it was never stated why was Roman stealing Dust during Volume 1.

Was it to leave the city unprotected against the Grimm invasions?

Was he stealing it so Cinder's faction could use it in the future?

Was he trying to somehow cause the collapse of the economy, or at least weaken it so Vale would be harder to rebuild following the invasions?

Was he stealing it to provide it to the White Fang? If so, why was he buying Dust from the White Fang in Volume 1 Episode 8?

It seems that after Cinder told him to relocate it, the matter of the stolen Dust was quietly and completely dropped.

 (This is something I posted in Roman's comment section several months back, but now I realize it would have been better to post it in the forum).  