Anybody who thinks that we're going to institute a federal program and there's not going to be fraud in it is nuts. This is one more example of out of control things. We believe we found $350 million of ghost student fraud uncovered since 2019. In any event, Burgess Owens has the answer here in part. We're going to work to identify these fraudsters before the money goes out the door. (00:51–00:58)
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