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Now Playing: The Case of California's Disappearing Billions · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 4: Good Thursday morning. Nice to have you with us on
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  Speaker 4: the forty seven Morning Update. And we've got one major
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  Speaker 4: story for you. If you thought the fraud that was
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  Speaker 4: found in Minnesota is bad, apparently we've seen nothing yet.
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  Speaker 4: Take a look at California and it's truly unbelievable what
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  Speaker 4: and it starts right now. Story number one, massive fraud
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  Speaker 4: found in California, and many, including Donald Trump, are warning
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  Speaker 4: that it may be bigger than what we found in Minnesota.
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  Speaker 4: Millions of your tax dollars were defrauded, in fact, by
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  Speaker 4: just one mate.
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  Speaker 2: The money was meant to feed the homeless.
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  Speaker 4: I want you to hear how Fox News talked about
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  Speaker 4: this one individual the defrauded Americans of more than twenty
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  Speaker 4: three million dollars. I'll stay it again. This is just
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  Speaker 4: one person. Listen to report from Fox News.
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  Speaker 5: Agent's moving in today, busting a man accused of stealing
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  Speaker 5: tens of millions of dollars meant for the homeless and
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  Speaker 5: spending that cash on a lavish lifestyle. Of courseponding Matt
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  Speaker 5: finn is live in Los Angeles for you, and you know,
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  Speaker 5: folks were warned about this and lo and behold here
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  Speaker 5: it is.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, this is it. Behind me, John.
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  Speaker 7: The Feds say this man was contracted with the city
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  Speaker 7: and County of Los Angeles to housing feed up to
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  Speaker 7: six hundred homeless people, but instead he was misusing tens
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  Speaker 7: of millions of.
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  Speaker 2: Dollars to live a luxurious life.
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  Speaker 7: Exclusive Fox video shows the fed's early morning bust here
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  Speaker 7: at the La mansion, Forty two year old Alexander.
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  Speaker 6: Suker was arrested.
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  Speaker 7: Suker's one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars land rover
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  Speaker 7: was also seized by law enforcement. The FED sae Suker
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  Speaker 7: defrauded the city and County of La out of twenty
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  Speaker 7: three million in taxpayer dollars for not only his mansion
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  Speaker 7: and car, but a second home in Greece, luxury vacations,
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  Speaker 7: designer clothes, and private schools.
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  Speaker 8: He was living the high life while the people suffering
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  Speaker 8: homeless on the streets with no shelter, no food. They're
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  Speaker 8: living out in the streets. People are literally dying and
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  Speaker 8: this guy is out vacationing, buying homes, buying range rovers,
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  Speaker 8: and going shopping.
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  Speaker 7: Prosecutors say Suker was supposed to provide three nutritional meals
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  Speaker 7: a day to the homeless, but during one inspection, Suker
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  Speaker 7: only had canned beans and ramen noodles on hand. The
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  Speaker 7: FED sa Lucre lied about various aspects of abundant blessings,
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  Speaker 7: including fake vendors, facilities, and the homeless actually getting meals.
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  Speaker 7: The US Attorney's office in LA says they are actively
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  Speaker 7: investigating at least twelve there's similar fraud cases here in California.
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  Speaker 6: First Assistant US Attorney Bill A.
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  Speaker 7: Sale says there's a tremendous amount of fraud in this
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  Speaker 7: state and that today's bus of one man who misused
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  Speaker 7: twenty three million dollars alone may show how little oversight
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  Speaker 7: there is.
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  Speaker 8: California was pushing this money out quickly. A lot of
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  Speaker 8: money went out the door with frankly, very little vetting,
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  Speaker 8: very little checks and balances, and he's one of the
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  Speaker 8: individuals that got it.
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  Speaker 7: The suspect is scheduled to make his first appearance later today.
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  Speaker 7: He faces up to twenty years if convicted on a
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  Speaker 7: federal case. The local district attorney is also planning on
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  Speaker 7: prosecuting Sehn.
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  Speaker 2: Now this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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  Speaker 4: In fact, we now have the same man, Nick Shirley,
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  Speaker 4: who did the incredible job of discovering massive fraud in
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  Speaker 4: Minneapolis and exposing it to the world. That is landed
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  Speaker 4: in California, and he's now saying that's even worse than
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  Speaker 4: anyone else.
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  Speaker 2: Could have imagined.
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  Speaker 4: a listen to What Nick shirley said about arriving In,
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  Speaker 4: california and what he says, is, well incredible amounts of
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  Speaker 4: fraud that may be much bigger than what he exposed In.
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  Speaker 6: Minnesota, oh there's massive fraud In.
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  Speaker 9: CALIFORNIA i mean the homelessness is just increased as they
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  Speaker 9: receive more. Money and that's just one part of. It
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  Speaker 9: like you talked about the light rail and everything like.
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  Speaker 9: That the fraud is like crazy In, california and they
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  Speaker 9: have the highest.
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  Speaker 6: Taxes, yeah they want, More.
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  Speaker 10: Nick because anybody approached you about this, THING i tweeted
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  Speaker 10: it about. IT i had never heard about, it but
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  Speaker 10: these guys educated me on it CALLED qui, ten which
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  Speaker 10: is this framework where you can actually sue on behalf
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  Speaker 10: of the state and on behalf of Tax, beyers has
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  Speaker 10: anybody approach to do about thinking about using all of
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  Speaker 10: the information that you've garnered to try to launch some
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  Speaker 10: of these lawsuits Or.
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  Speaker 9: No, yeah actually had somebody to reach out to me
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  Speaker 9: the other day about, It So i'm gonna actually help
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  Speaker 9: on a phone call that.
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  Speaker 1: Guy.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah, also AS i understand that some of these whistleblower
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  Speaker 11: laws reward the whistleblower with something like twenty to thirty
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  Speaker 11: percent of amounts in some. Cases, yeah that ARE i
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  Speaker 11: don't know if it's like fines or it's amounts that
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  Speaker 11: are recaptured, recaptured.
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  Speaker 6: BUT i don't.
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  Speaker 11: Know, nick you can become a billionaire here just with
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  Speaker 11: all the billions you've.
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  Speaker 6: EXPOSED i, KNOW i gotta sit down and figured it.
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  Speaker 8: OUT i know that's not why you're in, it but
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  Speaker 8: you'd be the most well loved billionaire In.
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  Speaker 6: America if you did absolutely.
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  Speaker 12: Well the way to do it, is you, know since
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  Speaker 12: you're drafting off of these other news, reports is to
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  Speaker 12: set up your own tip. Line, So, nick what's your
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  Speaker 12: website or do you have a website where people can?
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  Speaker 12: Donate and do you have a tip? Line because you
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  Speaker 12: wouldn't get the whistle blow awards for the Stuff fox
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  Speaker 12: nine has been doing for a, decade but for the
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  Speaker 12: next one you. Could so what is your website where
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  Speaker 12: people can?
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  Speaker 3: Donate?
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  Speaker 1: Nick?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah everything just on social.
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  Speaker 9: Media so if they can message me on any, PLATFORM
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  Speaker 9: i should probably get a website.
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  Speaker 12: Going, So, nick what's your social media handle where people
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  Speaker 12: CAN dm you and?
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  Speaker 6: Donate, yeah it's Just Nick.
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  Speaker 9: Shirley and if you go ON X i do have
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  Speaker 9: my tip section, open so if you would like to donate,
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  Speaker 9: there that gives them all the whether it be, venmo, cash, app,
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  Speaker 9: crypto you can all do it right.
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  Speaker 6: There so x.
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  Speaker 4: Doc by the, WAY i love that this guy is
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  Speaker 4: doing this on his, own like he's just, like, yeah
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  Speaker 4: if you want to, support go for. It i'm just
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  Speaker 4: going to be out here exposing all this, waste fraud and,
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  Speaker 4: Abuse Like that's What i'm doing with my life. Now
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  Speaker 4: i'm not afraid Like Nick shirley was In San. Diego
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  Speaker 4: he now estimates billions of dollars in fraud Under Gab newsom's,
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  Speaker 4: leaderships and they want more. Money they want to raise
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  Speaker 4: taxes even higher than they are right. Now there's Also
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  Speaker 4: Benny johnson who says his team is traveling to the
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  Speaker 4: fraud capital of the.
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  Speaker 2: World he's now saying It's.
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  Speaker 4: California they say the the fraud uncovered In minnesota was
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  Speaker 4: very bad and led to the destruction Of Tim waltz's,
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  Speaker 4: career But Gavin Newsom's california is far, worse saying The
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  Speaker 4: american taxpayer needs first hand to understand how Criminal california's fraud.
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  Speaker 4: Is robbing our nation. Blind he, said here's just a
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  Speaker 4: glimpse of what we already. Know state auditor In california,
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  Speaker 4: found ready for, this seventy. Billion think about that, number
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  Speaker 4: seventy billion and taxpayer funds that had been lost like
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  Speaker 4: they just, disappeared no accounting for, them. Whatsoever twenty four
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  Speaker 4: billion In california loan spent on nonexistent homelessness. Programs that
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  Speaker 4: means someone stole twenty four billion. Dollars eighteen billion poured
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  Speaker 4: into non existent high speed. Rail you Heard nick talk
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  Speaker 4: about that a second, ago thirty two billion FOR covid
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  Speaker 4: relief funds that had been. Stolen two point five, billion
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  Speaker 4: ready for this word loss to snap. Fraud billions spent
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  Speaker 4: on rebuilding after The palisade, fires but no homes have been.
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  Speaker 4: Built that is just some of what's being exposed right.
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  Speaker 4: Now this is all happening In. California it's truly. Incredible
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  Speaker 4: But california is the fraud capital Of, america and the
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  Speaker 4: taxpayer fund and nonprofits there are embezzling our money by the,
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  Speaker 4: billions and the governor is allowing it to.
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