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California’s Homeless Crisis Was a Cash Cow for Fraudsters · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 4: Found in Minnesota is bad, apparently we've seen nothing yet.
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  Speaker 5: Story number one.
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  Speaker 4: Massive fraud found in California, and many, including Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 4: are warning that it may be bigger than what we
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  Speaker 4: found in Minnesota. Millions of your tax dollars were defrauded,
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  Speaker 4: in fact, by just one man. The money was meant
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  Speaker 4: to feed the homeless. I want you to hear how
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  Speaker 4: Fox News talked about this. One one individual the defrauded
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  Speaker 4: Americans of more than twenty three million dollars. I'll stay
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  Speaker 4: it again. This is just one person. Listen to report
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  Speaker 4: from Fox News.
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  Speaker 6: Agent's moving in today, busting a man accused of stealing
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  Speaker 6: tens of millions of dollars meant for the homeless and
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  Speaker 6: spending that cash on a lavish lifestyle. Corresponding, Matt finn
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  Speaker 6: is live in Los Angeles for you, and you know,
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  Speaker 6: folks were warned about this and lo and behold here
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  Speaker 6: it is.
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  Speaker 5: 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 two housand feet 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 5: 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 Suker
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  Speaker 7: was arrested. Suker's one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars
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  Speaker 7: land rover was also seen by law enforcement. The fedsa
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  Speaker 7: Suker defraud of the city and County of La out
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  Speaker 7: of twenty three million in taxpayer dollars for not only
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  Speaker 7: his mansion and car, but a second home in Greece,
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  Speaker 7: luxury vacations, 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: homelessly on the streets with no shelter, no food.
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  Speaker 5: They're living out in the streets.
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  Speaker 8: People are literally dying and this guy is out vacationing,
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  Speaker 8: buying homes, buying range rovers, and going shopping.
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  Speaker 7: Prosecutor say Sucer 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 other similar fraud cases here in California.
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  Speaker 7: First Assistant US Attorney Bill Assale says, there's a tremendous
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  Speaker 7: amount of fraud in this state. And that's today's bus
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  Speaker 7: of one man who misused twenty three million dollars alone
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  Speaker 7: may show how little oversight 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 Sean.
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  Speaker 3: 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 3: Could have imagined.
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  Speaker 3: Now all, right.
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  Speaker 4: Take a listen to What Nick shirley said about arriving
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  Speaker 4: In california and what he says, is, well incredible amounts
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  Speaker 4: of fraud that may be much bigger than what he
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  Speaker 4: exposed In.
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  Speaker 5: 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 that's just one part of. It like
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  Speaker 9: you talked about the light rail and everything like. That
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  Speaker 9: the fraud is crazy In california and they have the highest.
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  Speaker 5: 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. Payers has
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  Speaker 10: anybody approached you about thinking about using all of the
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  Speaker 10: information that you've garnered to try to launch some of
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  Speaker 10: 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. 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 some, Cases, yeah that ARE i don't
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  Speaker 11: know if it's like fines or it's amounts that are recaptured,
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  Speaker 11: Recaptured BUT i don't. Know, nick you could become a
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  Speaker 11: billionaire here just with all the buildings you've.
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  Speaker 5: EXPOSED i gotta sit down and figured.
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  Speaker 11: OUT i know that's not why you're in, it but
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  Speaker 11: you'd be the most well loved billionaire In america if
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  Speaker 11: 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? Donate?
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  Speaker 9: Nick?
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  Speaker 5: 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.
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  Speaker 12: Website, Yeing, nick what's your social media handle where people
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  Speaker 12: CAN dm you and? 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
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  Speaker 9: donate there that gives them all the whether it Be,
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  Speaker 9: venmo cash, app, crypto you can all do it right.
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  Speaker 5: 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 3: World he's now saying It's.
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  Speaker 4: California they say the fraud uncovered In minnesota was very
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  Speaker 4: bad and led to the destruction Of Tim waltz's, career
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  Speaker 4: But Gavin Newsom's california is far, worse saying The american
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  Speaker 4: 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 in 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.
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  Speaker 3: Rail you Heard nick talk about that a second.
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  Speaker 4: Ago thirty two billion FOR covid relief funds that had been.
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  Speaker 3: Stolen two point five billion.
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  Speaker 4: Ready for this word loss to snap fraud billion 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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