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Plea Agreement for Defendant — United States v. Asadurian (Dkt. 6, C.D. Cal.)

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A plea agreement between Manuel Asadurian and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, filed August 23, 2022 as Document 6 in Case 2:22-cr-00388-DSF in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Asadurian agrees to plead guilty to a one-count information charging conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349, in an investigation of Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications, and to a money judgment of forfeiture of $1,071,222. The office agrees to recommend a sentence no higher than the low end of the guidelines range if the offense level is 24 or higher, and not to prosecute him under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A over a $71,200 Economic Injury Disaster Loan application in another individual’s name. It lists a statutory maximum of 30 years’ imprisonment.

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Filed August 23, 2022 in Manuel Asadurian; one of 2 filings from this case.

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CourtU.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Filed2022-08-23

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“Plea Agreement for Defendant — United States v. Asadurian (Dkt. 6, C.D. Cal.).” U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, No. 2:22-cr-00388, Doc. 6, filed 2022-08-23. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/us-v-manuel-asadurian/2022-08-23-plea-agreement-for-defendant-dkt-6/, SHA-256 46bfab5af829d924160ca37974268cdaf095437ef7b60a451d03f12cad4d398c.

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Case 2:22-cr-00388-DSF Document 6 Filed 08/23/22 Page 1 of 33 Page ID #:19



 1   STEPHANIE S. CHRISTENSEN
     Acting United States Attorney
 2   SCOTT M. GARRINGER
     Assistant United States Attorney
 3   Chief, Criminal Division
     SCOTT PAETTY (Cal. Bar No. 274719)
 4   Assistant United States Attorney
     Deputy Chief, Major Frauds Section                     8/23/2022
 5        1100 United States Courthouse
          312 North Spring Street                                jb
 6        Los Angeles, California 90012
          Telephone: (213) 894-6527
 7        Facsimile: (213) 894-6269
          E-mail:    scott.paetty@usdoj.gov
 8
     Attorneys for Plaintiff
 9   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

10                           UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

11                     FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

12   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                No. CR   2:22-cr-00388-SVW
13             Plaintiff,                     PLEA AGREEMENT FOR DEFENDANT
                                              MANUEL ASADURIAN
14                   v.

15   MANUEL ASADURIAN,
        aka “Manny,”
16
               Defendant.
17

18
                This constitutes the plea agreement between MANUEL
19
     ASADURIAN, also known as “Manny,” (“defendant”) and the United States
20
     Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California (the “USAO”)
21
     in the investigation of defendant’s submission of false and
22
     fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans and
23
     Economic Injury Disaster Loans during the Covid-19 pandemic.            This
24
     agreement is limited to the USAO and cannot bind any other federal,
25
     state, local, or foreign prosecuting, enforcement, administrative, or
26
     regulatory authorities.
27

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 1                              DEFENDANT’S OBLIGATIONS

 2              Defendant agrees to:

 3              a.    Give up the right to indictment by a grand jury and,

 4   at the earliest opportunity requested by the USAO and provided by the

 5   Court, appear and plead guilty to a one-count information in the form

 6   attached to this agreement as Exhibit A or a substantially similar

 7   form, which charges defendant with conspiracy to commit wire fraud,

 8   in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349.

 9              b.    Not contest facts agreed to in this agreement.

10              c.    Abide by all agreements regarding sentencing contained

11   in this agreement.

12              d.    Appear for all court appearances, surrender as ordered

13   for service of sentence, obey all conditions of any bond, and obey

14   any other ongoing court order in this matter.

15              e.    Not commit any crime; however, offenses that would be

16   excluded for sentencing purposes under United States Sentencing

17   Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.” or “Sentencing Guidelines”) § 4A1.2(c) are not

18   within the scope of this agreement.

19              f.    Be truthful at all times with the United States

20   Probation and Pretrial Services Office and the Court.

21              g.    Pay the applicable special assessment at or before the

22   time of sentencing unless defendant has demonstrated a lack of

23   ability to pay such assessments.

24              h.    Defendant agrees that any and all criminal debt

25   ordered by the Court will be due in full and immediately.            The

26   government is not precluded from pursuing, in excess of any payment

27   schedule set by the Court, any and all available remedies by which to

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 1   satisfy defendant’s payment of the full financial obligation,

 2   including referral to the Treasury Offset Program.

 3              i.     Complete the Financial Disclosure Statement on a form

 4   provided by the USAO and, within 30 days of defendant’s entry of a

 5   guilty plea, deliver the signed and dated statement, along with all

 6   of the documents requested therein, to the USAO by either email at

 7   usacac.FinLit@usdoj.gov (preferred) or mail to the USAO Financial

 8   Litigation Section at 300 North Los Angeles Street, Suite 7516, Los

 9   Angeles, CA 90012.     Defendant agrees that defendant’s ability to pay

10   criminal debt shall be assessed based on the completed Financial

11   Disclosure Statement and all required supporting documents, as well

12   as other relevant information relating to ability to pay.

13              j.     Authorize the USAO to obtain a credit report upon

14   returning a signed copy of this plea agreement.

15              k.     Consent to the USAO inspecting and copying all of

16   defendant’s financial documents and financial information held by the

17   United States Probation and Pretrial Services Office.

18              l.     To the entry as part of defendant’s guilty plea of a

19   personal money judgment of forfeiture against defendant in the amount

20   of $1,071,222 which sum defendant admits was derived from proceeds

21   traceable to the violations described in the factual basis of the

22   plea agreement.    Defendant understands that the money judgment of

23   forfeiture is part of defendant’s sentence, and is separate from any

24   fines or restitution that may be imposed by the Court.

25              m.     With respect to any criminal forfeiture ordered as a

26   result of this plea agreement, defendant waives (1) the requirements

27   of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 32.2 and 43(a) regarding

28   notice of the forfeiture in the charging instrument, announcements of
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 1   the forfeiture sentencing, and incorporation of the forfeiture in the

 2   judgment; (2) all constitutional and statutory challenges to the

 3   forfeiture (including by direct appeal, habeas corpus or any other

 4   means); and (3) all constitutional, legal and equitable defenses to

 5   the money judgment of forfeiture in any proceeding on any grounds

 6   including, without limitation, that the money judgment of forfeiture

 7   constitutes an excessive fine or punishment.         Defendant acknowledges

 8   that entry of the money judgment of forfeiture is part of the

 9   sentence that may be imposed in this case and waives any failure by

10   the Court to advise defendant of this, pursuant to Federal Rule of

11   Criminal Procedure 11(b)(1)(J), at the time the Court accepts

12   defendant’s guilty plea.

13                              THE USAO’S OBLIGATIONS

14              The USAO agrees to:
15              a.    Not contest facts agreed to in this agreement.
16              b.    Abide by all agreements regarding sentencing contained
17   in this agreement.
18              c.    At the time of sentencing, provided that defendant
19   demonstrates an acceptance of responsibility for the offense up to
20   and including the time of sentencing, recommend a two-level reduction
21   in the applicable Sentencing Guidelines offense level, pursuant to
22   U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1, and recommend and, if necessary, move for an
23   additional one-level reduction if available under that section.
24              d.    Recommend that defendant be sentenced to a term of
25   imprisonment no higher than the low end of the applicable Sentencing
26   Guidelines range provided that the offense level used by the Court to
27   determine that range is 24 or higher and provided that the Court does
28   not depart downward in offense level or criminal history category.

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 1   For purposes of this agreement, the low end of the Sentencing

 2   Guidelines range is that defined by the Sentencing Table in U.S.S.G.

 3   Chapter 5, Part A.

 4              e.    Except for criminal tax violations (including

 5   conspiracy to commit such violations chargeable under 18 U.S.C. §

 6   371), not further criminally prosecute defendant for violations of 18

 7   U.S.C. § 1028A arising out of defendant’s submission of an

 8   application for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan in the amount of

 9   $71,200, on or about June 20, 2020, in the name of another

10   individual, E.A.    Defendant understands that the USAO is free to

11   criminally prosecute defendant for any other unlawful past conduct or

12   any unlawful conduct that occurs after the date of this agreement.

13   Defendant agrees that at the time of sentencing the Court may

14   consider the uncharged conduct in determining the applicable

15   Sentencing Guidelines range, the propriety and extent of any

16   departure from that range, and the sentence to be imposed after

17   consideration of the Sentencing Guidelines and all other relevant

18   factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).

19                               NATURE OF THE OFFENSE

20              Defendant understands that for defendant to be guilty of
21   the crime charged in count one of the information, that is,
22   conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, in
23   violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349, the
24   following must be true:
25        First, beginning by at least in or about April 2020, and
26   continuing to at least in or about January 2021, there was an
27   agreement between two or more persons to commit wire fraud affecting
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 1   a financial institution, in violation of Section 1343 of Title 18 of

 2   the United States Code; and

 3        Second, the defendant became a member of the conspiracy knowing

 4   of its object and intending to help accomplish it.
 5        The object of the conspiracy charged in count one of the
 6   information is wire fraud affecting a financial institution.            In
 7   order for a person to be found guilty of wire fraud affecting a
 8   financial institution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, the
 9   following must be true:
10              First, the person knowingly participated in or devised a
11   scheme or plan to defraud, or a scheme or plan for obtaining money or
12   property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations,
13   or promises.    Deceitful statements of half-truths may constitute
14   false or fraudulent representations;
15              Second, the scheme or plan affected a financial institution
16   as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 20;
17              Third, the statements made or facts omitted as part of the
18   scheme were material; that is, they had a natural tendency to
19   influence, or were capable of influencing, another person to part
20   with money or property;
21              Fourth, the person acted with the intent to defraud, that
22   is, the intent to deceive and cheat; and
23              Fifth, the person used, or caused to be used, an interstate
24   wire communication to carry out or attempt to carry out an essential
25   part of the scheme.
26                            PENALTIES AND RESTITUTION
27              Defendant understands that the statutory maximum sentence
28   that the Court can impose for a violation of Title 18, United States

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 1   Code, Section 1349 is:     30 years’ imprisonment; a five-year period of

 2   supervised release; a fine of $1,000,000 or twice the gross gain or

 3   gross loss resulting from the offense, whichever is greatest; and a

 4   mandatory special assessment of $100.

 5              Defendant understands that defendant will be required to
 6   pay full restitution to the victims of the offense to which defendant
 7   is pleading guilty.     Defendant agrees that, in return for the USAO’s
 8   compliance with its obligations under this agreement, the Court may
 9   order restitution to persons other than the victims of the offense to
10   which defendant is pleading guilty and in amounts greater than those
11   alleged in the count to which defendant is pleading guilty.            In
12   particular, defendant agrees that the Court may order restitution to
13   any victim of any of the following for any losses suffered by that
14   victim as a result: any relevant conduct, as defined in U.S.S.G.
15   § 1B1.3, in connection with the offenses to which defendant is
16   pleading guilty pursuant to this agreement as well as all relevant
17   conduct, as defined in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3, in connection with the
18   counts.   The parties currently believe that the applicable amount of
19   restitution is approximately $1,071,222 but recognize and agree that
20   this amount could change based on facts that come to the attention of
21   the parties prior to sentencing.
22              Defendant understands that supervised release is a period
23   of time following imprisonment during which defendant will be subject
24   to various restrictions and requirements.         Defendant understands that
25   if defendant violates one or more of the conditions of any supervised
26   release imposed, defendant may be returned to prison for all or part
27   of the term of supervised release authorized by statute for the
28   offense that resulted in the term of supervised release, which could

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 1   result in defendant serving a total term of imprisonment greater than

 2   the statutory maximum stated above.

 3              Defendant understands that, by pleading guilty, defendant
 4   may be giving up valuable government benefits and valuable civic
 5   rights, such as the right to vote, the right to possess a firearm,
 6   the right to hold office, and the right to serve on a jury. Defendant
 7   understands that he is pleading guilty to a felony and that it is a
 8   federal crime for a convicted felon to possess a firearm or
 9   ammunition.    Defendant understands that the conviction in this case
10   may also subject defendant to various other collateral consequences,
11   including but not limited to revocation of probation, parole, or
12   supervised release in another case and suspension or revocation of a
13   professional license.     Defendant understands that unanticipated
14   collateral consequences will not serve as grounds to withdraw
15   defendant’s guilty plea.
16        9.    Defendant and his counsel have discussed the fact that, and
17   defendant understands that, if defendant is not a United States
18   citizen, the conviction in this case makes it practically inevitable
19   and a virtual certainty that defendant will be removed or deported
20   from the United States.      Defendant may also be denied United States
21   citizenship and admission to the United States in the future.
22   Defendant understands that while there may be arguments that
23   defendant can raise in immigration proceedings to avoid or delay
24   removal, removal is presumptively mandatory and a virtual certainty
25   in this case.    Defendant further understands that removal and
26   immigration consequences are the subject of a separate proceeding and
27   that no one, including his attorney or the Court, can predict to an
28   absolute certainty the effect of his conviction on his immigration

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 1   status.   Defendant nevertheless affirms that he wants to plead guilty

 2   regardless of any immigration consequences that his plea may entail,

 3   even if the consequence is automatic removal from the United States.

 4                                   FACTUAL BASIS

 5               Defendant admits that defendant is, in fact, guilty of the
 6   offense to which defendant is agreeing to plead guilty.           Defendant
 7   and the USAO agree to the statement of facts provided below and agree
 8   that this statement of facts is sufficient to support a plea of
 9   guilty to the charge described in this agreement and to establish the
10   Sentencing Guidelines factors set forth in paragraph 12 below but is
11   not meant to be a complete recitation of all facts relevant to the
12   underlying criminal conduct or all facts known to either party that
13   relate to that conduct.
14        The Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury
15   Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program were established by the Coronavirus
16   Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, a federal law
17   enacted in March 2020, and provided emergency financial assistance to
18   Americans suffering economic harm as a result of the COVID-19
19   pandemic.   PPP loans were obtained by submitting applications to
20   participating financial institutions, which administered the loans.
21   EIDL loans were obtained by submitting applications to the SBA, which
22   disbursed the loans through financial institutions.           The PPP and EIDL
23   programs were funded by U.S. taxpayers.        In order to obtain and
24   retain funds distributed through the PPP and EIDL programs,
25   recipients were required to certify that they would use the funds to
26   pay for specified permissible business expenses, for example, payroll
27   and certain operating expenses, and to use the funds for those
28   purposes and no others.

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 1        Beginning in April 2020, and continuing through in or about

 2   January 2021, in Ventura County within the Central District of

 3   California, and elsewhere, defendant agreed with co-conspirator

 4   J.S.H., a loan consultant (“Loan Consultant 1”), and others to submit

 5   fraudulent loan applications to lenders and financial institutions

 6   affiliated with the PPP and EIDL programs.         This included Bank A, a

 7   federally-insured SBA Preferred Lender based in Pennsylvania, which

 8   participated in the PPP program as an SBA Preferred Lender to small

 9   businesses.

10        The false and fraudulent information defendant agreed with co-

11   conspirator J.S.H and Loan Consultant 1 to provide to PPP lenders and

12   the SBA included:    loan applications that contained false

13   representations regarding the number of employees and payroll of the

14   businesses purportedly applying for the loans and false

15   certifications regarding the use of the requested loan proceeds, all

16   of which information was material to the SBA and its lenders.

17   Defendant conspired with Loan Consultant 1 to submit false and

18   fraudulent information in PPP applications to PPP lenders in order to

19   induce PPP lenders to wire funds into bank accounts controlled by

20   defendant; in exchange, defendant agreed to provide Loan Consultant 1

21   with a portion of the fraudulent loan proceeds he received.

22        As part of the fraudulent scheme, in or about April or May 2020,

23   co-conspirator J.S.H. instructed defendant to provide co-conspirator

24   J.S.H. and Loan Consultant 1 with tax identifiers, bank account

25   numbers, and other details of various companies controlled by

26   defendant for use in PPP and EIDL loan applications.          Defendant

27   subsequently had a telephone conversation with Loan Consultant 1

28   wherein defendant agreed to pay Loan Consultant 1 a fee of between 5%
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 1   and 15% of proceeds obtained for each PPP and EIDL application that

 2   Loan Consultant 1 submitted or caused to be submitted on behalf of

 3   defendant and companies controlled by defendant.          To facilitate

 4   completion of a fraudulent PPP loan application submitted for LTL

 5   Enterprises, a company of which defendant was the sole proprietor,

 6   defendant caused co-conspirator J.S.H. and Loan Consultant 1 to

 7   create false and fraudulent IRS tax forms that defendant knew would

 8   be used as part    of the application, including a false IRS Schedule

 9   C, a false IRS Form W-3, a false IRS Form 940, and a false IRS Form

10   941.

11          On or about July 15, 2020, defendant caused co-conspirator

12   J.S.H. and Loan Consultant 1 to submit a PPP loan application in the

13   name of Manny Asadurian, dba LTL Enterprises, to Bank A (the “July

14   2020 LTL PPP application”) seeking a PPP loan in the amount of

15   $292,122, which application contained the following representations

16   about LTL Enterprises that defendant knew at the time were false: (a)

17   LTL Enterprises had 20 or 30 employees; (b) LTL Enterprises had

18   $116,849 in monthly payroll in tax year 2019; (c) LTL Enterprises had

19   $2,531,940 in annual gross receipts, $1,857,319 in annual gross

20   income, and $695,651 in net profit for the tax year 2019; and (d) LTL

21   Enterprises paid $1,286,112 in annual wages to employees.

22          On or about July 17, 2020, based on the material

23   misrepresentations in the July 2020 LTL PPP application, Bank A

24   transferred approximately $292,122 via interstate wire into a bank

25   account in the name of LTL ENT. LLC, dba Redline Performance USA,

26   held at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ending in 0858, which defendant

27   controlled.

28
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 1            As a part of the conspiracy described above, defendant also

 2   knowingly submitted and caused to be submitted false and fraudulent

 3   information, including false payroll expenses, false IRS tax forms,

 4   and misrepresentations regarding the operational status of the

 5   businesses in the PPP and EIDL applications described in the table

 6   below.         Defendant made these false and fraudulent statements knowing

 7   they were material, and in order to induce the SBA, and the PPP

 8   lenders and financial institutions described in the table below, to

 9   approve the EIDL and PPP loans and cause the loan proceeds to be

10   wired to bank accounts under defendant’s direct or indirect control

11   for his personal use and benefit, which use defendant knew was

12   impermissible under the terms of the PPP and EIDL programs.

13
                                                                                                       Funded
                           Bor. Tax               Prin Tax                                                        Date Application
     Borrower       Type               Name                   Loan No.   Lending Bank   Application     Loan
14                           ID                      ID
                                                                                         Amount        Amount
                                                                                                                    Submitted


15                         83-         Manuel     563-02-    49289874-   Fountainhead
     LTL Ent. LLC   PPP                                                                 $ 108,100     $ 108,100     5/11/2020
                           4053126    Asadurian   4796       04             SBF LLC
16
     Redline               84-         Manuel     563-02-    87544379-   Fountainhead
                    PPP                                                                 $ 142,900     N/A           6/18/2020
     Performance           4864721    Asadurian   4796       01             SBF LLC
17
     Manuel                563-02-     Manuel     563-02-    94846480-    Customers
18   Asadurian
                    PPP
                           4796       Asadurian   4796       01             Bank
                                                                                        $ 292,122     $ 292,122     7/15/2020


19   LTL Ent. LLC   PPP
                           45-         Manuel     563-02-    42863081-    Cross River
                                                                                        $ 285,400     $ 285,400     7/16/2020
                           3663324    Asadurian   4796       09              Bank
20

21   LTL Ent. LLC   EIDL
                           83-         Manuel     563-02-    36005961-
                                                                             SBA        $ 16,900      $ 16,900      4/20/2020
                           4053126    Asadurian   4796       05

22   Manuel                56-         Manuel     563-02-    33047797-
                    EIDL                                                     SBA        $ 15,000      $ 1,000       6/16/2020
     Asadurian             3024796    Asadurian   4796       14
23
                           83-         Manuel     563-02-    33047823-
     LTL Ent LLC    EIDL                                                     SBA        $ 92,000      N/A           6/16/2020
                           4053126    Asadurian   4796       25
24
     Redline               84-         Manuel     565-02-    33049047-
25   Performance
                    EIDL
                           4864721    Asadurian   4796       07
                                                                             SBA        $ 146,500     $ 146,500     6/16/2020


26   Emanuel
                    EIDL
                           608-68-    Emanuel     608-68-    33056557-
                                                                             SBA        $ 71,200      $ 71,200      6/20/2020
     Asadurian             8267       Asadurian   8267       68
27   LT4                   85-         Manuel     563-02-    33137182-
                    EIDL                                                     SBA        $ 150,000     N/A           8/17/2020
     Enterprise            1731190    Asadurian   4796       36
28
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 1   Diamond A            85-        Manuel     563-02-   33137177-
                   EIDL                                                    SBA      $ 150,000    $ 150,000   8/29/2020
     Motorsports          1720377   Asadurian   4796      77
 2
     Diamond A            85-        Manuel     563-02-   33167218-                 $
                   EIDL                                                    SBA                   N/A         1/24/2021
     Motorsports          1720377   Asadurian   4796      28                        150,000.00
 3

 4           The conspiracy to commit wire fraud described above in which
 5   defendant participated caused an intended loss of at least $1,620,122
 6   and actual loss of $1,071,222
 7                                                SENTENCING FACTORS
 8                    Defendant understands that in determining defendant’s
 9   sentence the Court is required to calculate the applicable Sentencing
10   Guidelines range and to consider that range, possible departures
11   under the Sentencing Guidelines, and the other sentencing factors set
12   forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).                         Defendant understands that the
13   Sentencing Guidelines are advisory only, that defendant cannot have
14   any expectation of receiving a sentence within the calculated
15   Sentencing Guidelines range, and that after considering the
16   Sentencing Guidelines and the other § 3553(a) factors, the Court will
17   be free to exercise its discretion to impose any sentence it finds
18   appropriate up to the maximum set by statute for the crime of
19   conviction.
20                    Defendant and the USAO agree to the following applicable
21   Sentencing Guidelines factors:
22       Base Offense Level:                                           7            U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(a)(1)
23       Loss Between $1.5 million and                            +16            U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b)(1)(J)
         $3.5 million
24
         Sophisticated Means                                                       U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b)(10)
25                                                                    +2
         Unauthorized Use of Means of                                                             U.S.S.G.
26       Identification                                               +2              § 2B1.1(b)(11)(C)(i)
27

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 1   Defendant and the USAO reserve the right to argue that additional

 2   specific offense characteristics, adjustments, and departures under

 3   the Sentencing Guidelines are appropriate.

 4              Defendant understands that there is no agreement as to
 5   defendant’s criminal history or criminal history category.
 6              Defendant and the USAO reserve the right to argue for a
 7   sentence outside the sentencing range established by the Sentencing
 8   Guidelines based on the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1),
 9   (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(6), and (a)(7).
10                        WAIVER OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
11              Defendant understands that by pleading guilty, defendant
12   gives up the following rights:
13              a.   The right to persist in a plea of not guilty.
14              b.   The right to a speedy and public trial by jury.
15              c.   The right to be represented by counsel –- and if
16   necessary have the Court appoint counsel -- at trial.          Defendant
17   understands, however, that, defendant retains the right to be
18   represented by counsel –- and if necessary have the Court appoint
19   counsel –- at every other stage of the proceeding.
20              d.   The right to be presumed innocent and to have the
21   burden of proof placed on the government to prove defendant guilty
22   beyond a reasonable doubt.
23              e.   The right to confront and cross-examine witnesses
24   against defendant.
25              f.   The right to testify and to present evidence in
26   opposition to the charges, including the right to compel the
27   attendance of witnesses to testify.
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 1              g.    The right not to be compelled to testify, and, if

 2   defendant chose not to testify or present evidence, to have that

 3   choice not be used against defendant.

 4              h.    Any and all rights to pursue any affirmative defenses,

 5   Fourth Amendment or Fifth Amendment claims, and other pretrial

 6   motions that have been filed or could be filed.

 7                         WAIVER OF APPEAL OF CONVICTION

 8              Defendant understands that, with the exception of an appeal
 9   based on a claim that defendant’s guilty plea was involuntary, by
10   pleading guilty defendant is waiving and giving up any right to
11   appeal defendant’s conviction on the offense to which defendant is
12   pleading guilty.    Defendant understands that this waiver includes,
13   but is not limited to, arguments that the statute to which defendant
14   is pleading guilty is unconstitutional, and any and all claims that
15   the statement of facts provided herein is insufficient to support
16   defendant’s plea of guilty.
17                   LIMITED MUTUAL WAIVER OF APPEAL OF SENTENCE
18              Defendant agrees that, provided the Court imposes a total
19   term of imprisonment on the count of conviction of no more than the
20   high-end of the Sentencing Guidelines range calculated by the Court
21   corresponding to an offense level of 24 and criminal history category
22   calculated by the Court, defendant gives up the right to appeal all
23   of the following: (a) the procedures and calculations used to
24   determine and impose any portion of the sentence; (b) the term of
25   imprisonment imposed by the Court; (c) the fine imposed by the Court,
26   provided it is within the statutory maximum; (d) to the extent
27   permitted by law, the constitutionality or legality of defendant’s
28   sentence, provided it is within the statutory maximum; (e) the amount

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 1   and terms of any restitution order, provided it requires payment of

 2   no more than $1,071,222; (f) the term of probation or supervised

 3   release imposed by the Court, provided it is within the statutory

 4   maximum; and (g) any of the following conditions of probation or

 5   supervised release imposed by the Court: the conditions set forth in

 6   Second Amended General Order 20-04 of this Court; the drug testing

 7   conditions mandated by 18 U.S.C. §§ 3563(a)(5) and 3583(d); and the

 8   alcohol and drug use conditions authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 3563(b)(7).

 9              Defendant also gives up any right to bring a post-
10   conviction collateral attack on the conviction or sentence, including
11   any order of restitution, except a post-conviction collateral attack
12   based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, a claim of
13   newly discovered evidence, or an explicitly retroactive change in the
14   applicable Sentencing Guidelines, sentencing statutes, or statutes of
15   conviction.   Defendant understands that this waiver includes, but is
16   not limited to, arguments that the statute to which defendant is
17   pleading guilty is unconstitutional, and any and all claims that the
18   statement of facts provided herein is insufficient to support
19   defendant’s plea of guilty.
20              The USAO agrees that, provided (a) all portions of the
21   sentence are at or below the statutory maximum specified above and
22   (b) the Court imposes a term of imprisonment of no less than low-end
23   of the Sentencing Guidelines range calculated by the Court
24   corresponding to an offense level of 24 and criminal history category
25   calculated by the Court, the USAO gives up its right to appeal any
26   portion of the sentence, with the exception that the USAO reserves
27   the right to appeal the amount of restitution ordered if that amount
28   is less than $1,071,222.

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 1                       RESULT OF WITHDRAWAL OF GUILTY PLEA

 2                Defendant agrees that if, after entering a guilty plea

 3   pursuant to this agreement, defendant seeks to withdraw and succeeds

 4   in withdrawing defendant’s guilty plea on any basis other than a

 5   claim and finding that entry into this plea agreement was

 6   involuntary, then (a) the USAO will be relieved of all of its

 7   obligations under this agreement; and (b) should the USAO choose to

 8   pursue any charge that was either dismissed or not filed as a result

 9   of this agreement, then (i) any applicable statute of limitations

10   will be tolled between the date of defendant’s signing of this

11   agreement and the filing commencing any such action; and

12   (ii) defendant waives and gives up all defenses based on the statute

13   of limitations, any claim of pre-indictment delay, or any speedy

14   trial claim with respect to any such action, except to the extent

15   that such defenses existed as of the date of defendant’s signing this

16   agreement.

17                    RESULT OF VACATUR, REVERSAL OR SET-ASIDE

18        Defendant agrees that if the count of conviction is vacated,
19   reversed, or set aside both the USAO and defendant will be released
20   from all their obligations under this agreement.
21                           EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT
22                This agreement is effective upon signature and execution of
23   all required certifications by defendant, defendant’s counsel, and an
24   Assistant United States Attorney.
25                               BREACH OF AGREEMENT
26                Defendant agrees that if defendant, at any time after the
27   effective date of this agreement, knowingly violates or fails to
28   perform any of defendant’s obligations under this agreement (“a

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 1   breach”), the USAO may declare this agreement breached.           All of

 2   defendant’s obligations are material, a single breach of this

 3   agreement is sufficient for the USAO to declare a breach, and

 4   defendant shall not be deemed to have cured a breach without the

 5   express agreement of the USAO in writing.        If the USAO declares this

 6   agreement breached, and the Court finds such a breach to have

 7   occurred, then: (a) if defendant has previously entered a guilty plea

 8   pursuant to this agreement, defendant will not be able to withdraw

 9   the guilty plea, and (b) the USAO will be relieved of all its

10   obligations under this agreement.

11              Following the Court’s finding of a knowing breach of this
12   agreement by defendant, should the USAO choose to pursue any charge
13   that was either dismissed or not filed as a result of this agreement,
14   then:
15              a.   Defendant agrees that any applicable statute of
16   limitations is tolled between the date of defendant’s signing of this
17   agreement and the filing commencing any such action.
18              b.   Defendant waives and gives up all defenses based on
19   the statute of limitations, any claim of pre-indictment delay, or any
20   speedy trial claim with respect to any such action, except to the
21   extent that such defenses existed as of the date of defendant’s
22   signing this agreement.
23              c.   Defendant agrees that: (i) any statements made by
24   defendant, under oath, at the guilty plea hearing (if such a hearing
25   occurred prior to the breach); (ii) the agreed to factual basis
26   statement in this agreement; and (iii) any evidence derived from such
27   statements, shall be admissible against defendant in any such action
28   against defendant, and defendant waives and gives up any claim under

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 1   the United States Constitution, any statute, Rule 410 of the Federal

 2   Rules of Evidence, Rule 11(f) of the Federal Rules of Criminal

 3   Procedure, or any other federal rule, that the statements or any

 4   evidence derived from the statements should be suppressed or are

 5   inadmissible.

 6          COURT AND UNITED STATES PROBATION AND PRETRIAL SERVICES

 7                                OFFICE NOT PARTIES
 8              Defendant understands that the Court and the United States
 9   Probation and Pretrial Services Office are not parties to this
10   agreement and need not accept any of the USAO’s sentencing
11   recommendations or the parties’ agreements to facts or sentencing
12   factors.
13              Defendant understands that both defendant and the USAO are
14   free to: (a) supplement the facts by supplying relevant information
15   to the United States Probation and Pretrial Services Office and the
16   Court, (b) correct any and all factual misstatements relating to the
17   Court’s Sentencing Guidelines calculations and determination of
18   sentence, and (c) argue on appeal and collateral review that the
19   Court’s Sentencing Guidelines calculations and the sentence it
20   chooses to impose are not error, although each party agrees to
21   maintain its view that the calculations in paragraph 12 are
22   consistent with the facts of this case.        While this paragraph permits
23   both the USAO and defendant to submit full and complete factual
24   information to the United States Probation and Pretrial Services
25   Office and the Court, even if that factual information may be viewed
26   as inconsistent with the facts agreed to in this agreement, this
27   paragraph does not affect defendant’s and the USAO’s obligations not
28   to contest the facts agreed to in this agreement.

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 1              Defendant understands that even if the Court ignores any

 2   sentencing recommendation, finds facts or reaches conclusions

 3   different from those agreed to, and/or imposes any sentence up to the

 4   maximum established by statute, defendant cannot, for that reason,

 5   withdraw defendant’s guilty plea, and defendant will remain bound to

 6   fulfill all defendant’s obligations under this agreement.           Defendant

 7   understands that no one –- not the prosecutor, defendant’s attorney,

 8   or the Court –- can make a binding prediction or promise regarding

 9   the sentence defendant will receive, except that it will be within

10   the statutory maximum.

11                             NO ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

12              Defendant understands that, except as set forth herein,
13   there are no promises, understandings, or agreements between the USAO
14   and defendant or defendant’s attorney, and that no additional
15   promise, understanding, or agreement may be entered into unless in a
16   writing signed by all parties or on the record in court.
17                PLEA AGREEMENT PART OF THE GUILTY PLEA HEARING
18              The parties agree that this agreement will be considered
19   part of the record of defendant’s guilty plea hearing as if the
20   entire agreement had been read into the record of the proceeding.
21   AGREED AND ACCEPTED
22   UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
     FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF
23   CALIFORNIA
24   STEPHANIE S. CHRISTENSEN
     Acting United States Attorney
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27   Assistant United States Attorney
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 9                     FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                CR No.

11              Plaintiff,                    I N F O R M A T I O N

12              v.                            [18 U.S.C. § 1349: Conspiracy to
                                              Commit Wire Fraud Affecting a
13   MANUEL ASADURIAN,                        Financial Institution; 18 U.S.C. §
        aka “Manny,”                          981(a)(1)(C) and 28 U.S.C.
14                                            § 2461(c): Criminal Forfeiture]
                Defendant.
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16         The Acting United States Attorney charges:
17                                      COUNT ONE
18                             [18 U.S.C. §§ 1349, 2(b)]
19   A.    INTRODUCTORY ALLEGATIONS
20         At times relevant to this Information:
21         Defendant and the Relevant Entities
22         1.    Defendant MANUEL ASADURIAN, also known as “Manny,” was a
23   resident of Camarillo, California.
24         2.    Defendant ASADURIAN controlled a bank account in the name
25   of LTL ENT. LLC, dba Redline Performance USA, held at JPMorgan Chase
26   Bank, N.A. ending in 0858 (the “Chase 0858 account”).
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 1        3.      Defendant ASADURIAN was the sole proprietor of the

 2   following California companies:       LTL Enterprises LLC, Redline

 3   Performance LLC, and Diamond A Motorsports.

 4        4.      Loan Consultant 1 was an individual who worked at Company

 5   1, a company based in New York that specialized in assisting small

 6   businesses with obtaining loans.

 7        The Paycheck Protection Program

 8        5.      The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
 9   (“CARES”) Act was a federal law enacted in or about March 2020 that
10   was designed to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans
11   suffering economic harm as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.            One
12   form of assistance provided by the CARES Act was the authorization of
13   United States taxpayer funds in forgivable loans to small businesses
14   for job retention and certain other expenses, through a program
15   referred to as the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”).
16        6.      In order to obtain a PPP loan, a qualifying business was
17   required to submit a PPP loan application signed by an authorized
18   representative of the business.       The PPP loan application required
19   the small business (through its authorized representative) to
20   acknowledge the program rules and make certain affirmative
21   certifications in order to be eligible to obtain the PPP loan.            One
22   such certification required the applicant to affirm that “[t]he [PPP
23   loan] funds w[ould] be used to retain workers and maintain payroll or
24   make mortgage interest payments, lease payments, and utility
25   payments.”    The applicant (through its authorized representative) was
26   also required to acknowledge that “I understand that if the funds are
27   used for unauthorized purposes, the federal government may pursue
28   criminal fraud charges.”     In the PPP loan application, the applicant
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 1   was required to state, among other things, its: (a) average monthly

 2   payroll expenses; and (b) number of employees.         These figures were

 3   used to calculate the amount of money the small business was eligible

 4   to receive under the PPP.      In addition, the applicant was required to

 5   provide documentation showing its payroll expenses.

 6        7.    A business’s PPP loan application was received and

 7   processed, in the first instance, by a participating financial

 8   institution.   If a PPP loan application was approved, the

 9   participating financial institution would fund the PPP loan using its

10   own monies.

11        8.    PPP loan proceeds were required to be used by the business

12   on certain permissible expenses, namely, payroll costs, interest on

13   mortgages, rent, and utilities.       The PPP allowed the interest and

14   principal on the PPP loan to be entirely forgiven if the business

15   spent the loan proceeds on these expenses within a designated period

16   of time and used at least a minimum amount of the PPP loan proceeds

17   towards payroll expenses.

18        The Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program

19        9.    The Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (“EIDL”) was a
20   United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”) program that
21   provided low-interest financing to small businesses, renters, and
22   homeowners in regions affected by declared disasters.
23        10.   The CARES Act authorized the SBA to provide EIDL loans of
24   up to $2 million to eligible small businesses experiencing
25   substantial financial disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
26        11.   To obtain an EIDL loan, a qualifying business was required
27   to submit an application to the SBA and provide information about the
28   business’s operations, such as the number of employees, gross
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 1   revenues for the 12-month period preceding the disaster, and cost of

 2   goods sold in the 12-month period preceding the disaster.           In the

 3   case of EIDL loans for COVID-19 relief, the 12-month period was the

 4   12-month period from January 31, 2019, to January 31, 2020.            The

 5   applicant was also required to certify that all of the information in

 6   the application was true and correct to the best of the applicant’s

 7   knowledge.

 8        12.     EIDL loan applications were submitted directly to the SBA

 9   and processed by the agency with support from a government

10   contractor.    The amount of the loan, if the application was approved,

11   was determined based, in part, on the information provided by the

12   applicant about employment, revenue, and cost of goods sold, as

13   described in paragraph 11 above.       Any funds issued under an EIDL loan

14   were issued directly by the SBA.

15        13.     EIDL loan funds could be used for payroll expenses, sick

16   leave, production costs, and business obligations, such as debts,

17   rent, and mortgage payments.      If the applicant also obtained a loan

18   under the PPP, the EIDL loan funds could not be used for the same

19   purpose as the PPP loan funds.

20        Relevant Lending Institutions

21        14.     Bank A was a federally insured, SBA Preferred Lender and
22   participated as a PPP lender to small businesses.
23   B.   THE OBJECT OF THE CONSPIRACY
24        15.     Beginning no later than in or around April 2020 and
25   continuing until at least in or around January 2021, in Ventura
26   County, within the Central District of California, and elsewhere,
27   defendant ASADURIAN conspired with co-conspirator Jeffery Scott
28   Hedges (“Hedges”), Loan Consultant 1, and with others known and
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 1   unknown to the Acting United States Attorney, to commit wire fraud

 2   affecting a financial institution, in violation of Title 18, United

 3   States Code, Section 1343.

 4   C.   THE MANNER AND MEANS OF THE CONSPIRACY

 5        16.   The object of the conspiracy was to be carried out, and was
 6   carried out, in substance, as follows:
 7              a.   Defendant ASADURIAN, co-conspirator Hedges, and Loan
 8   Consultant 1, together with other coconspirators, would make, and
 9   cause to be made, false statements to the SBA and federally insured
10   financial institutions, including Company 1, in connection with
11   fraudulent applications for PPP and EIDL loans for defendant
12   ASADURIAN’s companies, including false representations regarding the
13   number of employees to whom the companies had paid wages, the amount
14   of payroll expenses for the companies, and false certifications that
15   the loans would be used for permissible business purposes.
16              b.   Defendant ASADURIAN, co-conspirator Hedges, and Loan
17   Consultant 1, together with other coconspirators, would
18   electronically submit, and cause to be submitted, false and
19   fictitious documents to the SBA and financial institutions, including
20   Bank A, in support of the fraudulent PPP and EIDL loan applications,
21   including false or fictitious tax documents, payroll records, and
22   bank records.
23              c.   Defendant ASADURIAN, co-conspirator Hedges, and Loan
24   Consultant 1 created and caused to be created, false and fraudulent
25   IRS tax forms, including IRS Form 940, IRS Form 941, IRS Form W-3,
26   and IRS Schedule C, corresponding to businesses controlled by
27   ASADURIAN, including LTL Enterprises LLC, Redline Performance LLC,
28   and Diamond A Motorsports, for inclusion in PPP and EIDL loan
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 1   applications in order to fraudulently inflate the number of employees

 2   and amount of payroll expenses and gross receipts associated with the

 3   companies.

 4                d.   Defendant ASADURIAN, co-conspirator Hedges, and Loan

 5   Consultant 1 would direct that PPP and EIDL loan proceeds be

 6   deposited into bank accounts that defendant ASADURIAN controlled,

 7   including the Chase 0858 account.

 8                e.   Defendant ASADURIAN and co-conspirator Hedges. would

 9   use the fraudulently obtained PPP and EIDL loan proceeds for their

10   own personal benefit and for the benefit of their co-conspirators,

11   including for expenses prohibited under the requirements of the PPP

12   and EIDL programs, such as to make mortgage payments on a personal

13   residence, to pay living expenses and medical expenses, and to

14   purchase vehicles for personal use.

15        17.     From in or about April 2020 and continuing until at least

16   in or about January 2021, in furtherance of the conspiracy, defendant

17   ASADURIAN submitted and caused to be submitted fraudulent PPP and

18   EIDL loan applications seeking approximately $1,620,122, and actually

19   received approximately $1,071,222 in PPP and EIDL proceeds to which

20   he was not entitled.

21   D.   OVERT ACTS

22        18.     On or about the following dates, in furtherance of the
23   conspiracy and to accomplish its object, defendant ASADURIAN,
24   together with co-conspirator Hedges, and Loan Consultant 1, committed
25   the following overt acts, within the Central District of California:
26                               In or about April or May 2020, co-
27   conspirator Hedges instructed defendant ASADURIAN to provide co-
28   conspirator Hedges and Loan Consultant 1 with tax identifiers, bank

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 1   account numbers, and other details pertaining to various companies

 2   controlled by defendant ASADURIAN for use in PPP and EIDL loan

 3   applications.

 4                               In or about May 2020, during a telephone
 5   conversation with Loan Consultant 1, defendant ASADURIAN agreed to
 6   pay Loan Consultant 1 a fee of between 5% and 15% for each PPP and
 7   EIDL application that Loan Consultant 1 submitted or caused to be
 8   submitted on behalf of defendant ASADURIAN.
 9                               In or around July 2020, defendant ASADURIAN
10   caused co-conspirator Hedges and Loan Consultant 1 to create false
11   and fraudulent IRS tax forms to be used in the submission of a
12   fraudulent PPP loan application for Manny Asadurian dba LTL
13   Enterprises, including a false IRS Schedule C, a false IRS Form W-3,
14   a false IRS Form 940, and a false IRS Form 941.
15                               On or about July 15, 2020, defendant
16   ASADURIAN caused co-conspirator Hedges and Loan Consultant 1 to
17   submit a PPP loan application in the name of Manny Asadurian, dba LTL
18   Enterprises to Bank A (the “July 2020 LTL PPP application”) seeking a
19   PPP loan in the amount of $292,122, which application: (a) falsely
20   represented that LTL Enterprises had 20 or 30 employees; (b) falsely
21   listed $116,849 in monthly payroll in tax year 2019; (c) falsely
22   listed $2,531,940 in annual gross receipts, $1,857,319 in annual
23   gross income, and $695,651 in net profit for the tax year 2019; and
24   (d) falsely represented $1,286,112 in annual wages paid to employees.
25        Overt Act No. 5:     On or about July 17, 2020, defendant
26   ASADURIAN, co-conspirator Hedges, and Loan Consultant 1 caused Bank A
27   to transfer, via interstate wire, $292,122 into the Chase 0858
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 1                              FORFEITURE ALLEGATION

 2             [18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c)]
 3        1.    Pursuant to Rule 32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal
 4   Procedure, notice is hereby given that the United States of America
 5   will seek forfeiture as part of any sentence, pursuant to Title 18,
 6   United States Code, Section 981(a)(1)(C) and Title 28, United States
 7   Code, Section 2461(c), in the event of the conviction of defendant
 8   MANUEL ASADURIAN, also known as “Manny,” of the offense set forth in
 9   Count One of this Information.
10        2.    Defendant ASADURIAN, if so convicted, shall forfeit to the
11   United States of America the following:
12              (a)   All right, title, and interest in any and all
13   property, real or personal, constituting, or derived from, any
14   proceeds traceable to the offenses.
15        3.    Pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p),
16   as incorporated by Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c),
17   defendant ASADURIAN, if so convicted, shall forfeit substitute
18   property, up to the value of the property described in the preceding
19   paragraph if, as the result of any act or omission of the defendant,
20   the property described in the preceding paragraph or any portion
21   thereof (a) cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; (b)
22   has been transferred, sold to, or deposited with a third party; (c)
23   has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; (d) has been
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