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PowerMedica
Deerfield firm suspected of selling mislabeled hormones, steroids over the web (South Florida Sun-Sentinel February 17, 2005)
Eight BSO deputies reassigned over prescription steroid allegations (The Miami Herald Thu, Feb. 17, 2005)
9 West Palm police officers face action over steroid use (Palm Beach Post Saturday, December 17, 2005
Police union, officials clash in steroid scandal (Palm Beach Post Tuesday, December 20, 2005)
Inquiry clears deputies - Steroid use suspected after company raid (South Florida Sun-Sentinel December 21 2005)
Steroid probe alleges thousands of customers (The Palm Beach Post Tuesday, December 27, 2005)
West Palm officers in steroid probe suspended (Palm Beach Post January 04, 2006)
Dozens of S. Florida police officers, firefighters linked to steroid use (South Florida Sun-Sentinel March 17 2006)
Pharmacy in police steroid probe back in operation with new name (Palm Beach Post April 08, 2006)
1 7 - 0 2 - 2 0 0 5 Deerfield firm suspected of selling mislabeled hormones, steroids over the web
By Rafael A. Olmeda
Federal agents who raided a Deerfield Beach drug company Tuesday were looking for mislabeled human-growth hormones and anabolic steroids sold without valid prescriptions, according to search warrants released by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami on Wednesday.
Undercover investigators from the Food and Drug Administration went onto the Internet Web site of PowerMedica last summer and ordered Stanozolol, an anabolic steroid, according to an affidavit accompanying the search warrants. The package arrived at a FDA agent's address with instructions and an invoice, including a form indicating that the steroid was prescribed by Dr. Abi Almarashi.
The FDA agent, Julie Pohutsky, never visited or met with anyone by that name, or anyone else with PowerMedica at the time, according to the affidavit.
Acting undercover, Pohutsky later bought Nandrolone Decanoate, another anabolic steroid, without seeing a doctor or obtaining a prescription, the affidavit states. She then called PowerMedica, met with a representative named Tony Jones, and arranged to purchase the human-growth hormone (hGH) Genotropin, which is approved by the FDA for treating pediatric growth hormone deficiency. Agents claim PowerMedica sold it to Pohutsky as an anti-aging product.
"Pohutsky stated that she was interested in hGH to look and feel younger and to get into better physical shape," the affidavit states.
According to the affidavit, Dr. Abdul Almarashi was listed as the prescribing physician, even though Pohutsky never met him. According to the Florida Department of Health, there is no Abdul or Abi Almarashi with a license to practice medicine anywhere in Florida.
The documents were released late in the day. Earlier, PowerMedica CEO Daniel L. Dailey said he did not know what investigators were seeking, or who their source of information was.
"The only thing that would make sense is there is a disgruntled employee making claims about us, or this is part of a steroid witch hunt," he said, adding that the company does make steroids, but only gives them out with prescriptions. Through its Internet site, PowerMedica serves clients all across the country, he said.
"I don't know why we've been singled out," he said. "I've been told by our attorneys that we're in full compliance with the law."
The affidavit indicates that a "cooperating private individual" who is not a federal agent joined the investigation earlier this month, confirming suspicions that PowerMedica was importing human-growth hormones from China, using the name of a Dr. Almarashi as the prescribing physician on "the majority of prescriptions."
The information provided by that witness helped officials intercept two packages of the hormone intended for PowerMedica at a postal facility in Deerfield Beach.
Federal agents ended up seizing boxes of the hormones and steroids, 16 file cabinets containing prescription information, and a letter from a law firm to PowerMedica referring to personal injuries.
U.S. Attorney's spokesman Carlos Castillo declined to comment on the significance of the letter, or to answer any other questions.
Attempts to reach Dailey after the documents were released were unsuccessful.
1 8 - 0 2 - 2 0 0 5 Eight BSO deputies reassigned over prescription steroid allegations
The Miami Herald
Eight Broward Sheriff's Office deputies have been placed on desk duty after allegations emerged they had obtained prescription steroids without a proper prescription from a Deerfield Beach company under federal investigation.
BSO spokesman Jim Leljedal said the deputies, who have various assignments throughout the agency, were sent for drug testing on Thursday. They will be on administrative assignment until a professional compliance investigation is completed.
BSO has been assisting the Food and Drug Administration with an investigation into PowerMedica, 600 W. Hillsboro Blvd., a compounding pharmacy that specializes in hormone-replacement therapy, longevity and anti-aging medicine.
As the agency was helping with the case, officials became aware that several of their own might be involved. Leljedal did not release the names of the deputies involved; they have not been charged with any crime. He said the department is communicating with the Broward County State Attorney's Office and will continue to do so. The steroids in question are not illegal, but they do require a prescription, Leljedal said.
''We're investigating to determine whether they were improperly obtained,'' he said.
Federal agents and BSO served a search warrant on Tuesday, removing many boxes of evidence. 1 7 - 1 2 - 2 0 0 5 9 West Palm police officers face action over steroid use
By Andrew Marra Nine West Palm Beach police officers could face termination or suspension after an internal affairs investigation found they have been using steroids supplied by a Deerfield Beach company under federal investigation, officials said.
The officers are facing possible punishment because they may have been using the controlled substances without valid prescriptions, according to officials. Police Chief Delsa Bush is weighing what action to take. The officers' names came to light in June after the federal Food and Drug Administration seized records from PowerMedica, a Deerfield Beach company that supplies hormone supplements such as steroids, police Lt. Chuck Reed said. Twelve officers listed as customers in company records were called in for blood tests by the police department, officials said. Of the 12, nine tested positive for "a controlled substance," Reed said. The police union said the officers had been victimized by the company and did not realize they were given invalid prescriptions. The union president said the controlled substances in question were steroids. "The company was using a doctor's name to give the prescriptions out," said Ernie George, president of the Police Benevolent Association. "They (the officers) thought everything was legit." Officials refused to release the names of the officers or comment on specifics of the investigation. A city spokeswoman said Mayor Lois Frankel and Bush, the police chief, would hold a news conference Monday. George said the officers were not using the steroids to build muscle mass. Some were using them because of medical conditions and others were trying to slow the effects of aging, he said. He said the only reason the department learned of the officers' purchases was because they wrote on their applications for prescriptions that they were police officers. "If you believed that you were doing something illegal, would you write down that you're a police officer?" George said. The West Palm Beach Police Department is not the only South Florida law enforcement agency caught up in the federal investigation of PowerMedica. In February, eight Broward County sheriff's deputies were placed on administrative duty after their names were linked to the company, according to The Miami Herald. 2 0 - 1 2 - 2 0 0 5 Police union, officials clash in steroid scandal
By Rochelle E.B. Gilken WEST PALM BEACH — A steroid scandal at the police department has resulted in 13 officers facing disciplinary action, beefed up drug testing and a raging dispute with the police union. The officers were linked to Deerfield Beach-based PowerMedica, which is accused of selling anabolic steroids and human growth hormone without a valid doctor's prescription. A six-month internal affairs investigation revealed nine officers on the company's customer list tested positive for steroids and were placed on administrative duty. Four others who appeared on the list are accused of violating department policies even though their test results were negative. One officer was exonerated. The nine officers who tested positive are Sgt. James Cink, officers Dennis Wrobbel, Kevin Harrell, Steven Detter, Sean Meyers, Craig Davis, Dewitt McDonald, Daniel Panko and Joseph Myers. The others facing disciplinary action are Lt. Jack Yates and officers Joseph Swiderski, James Sniffen and Felix Leon. At disciplinary hearings, they could all face suspension or termination. One of the officers, Joseph Myers, is under criminal investigation. His wife worked at PowerMedica and facilitated the purchases, the investigation said. West Palm Beach is not alone in the steroid scandal. Deputies at the Broward County Sheriff's Office were linked to the same company. Four deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office are the subject of an ongoing internal investigation for steroid use, said spokeswoman Teri Barbera. Officials said Delray Beach police officers are also being investigated. West Palm Beach Police Chief Delsa Bush said she plans to start steroid awareness training and include steroids in the monthly random drug tests. She has concerns about officers using steroids, partially because it has a common side effect of 'roid rage, or sudden acts of aggression. "Obviously, we do have concerns about that," Bush said. "That's why we have this investigation." But she added that she cannot link steroid use to aggression by any of the officers. Only one of the officers had a force complaint substantiated in the past year, Bush said. Craig Davis was found to have used unnecessary force at a fight on Christmas. But the police union says the city is being too aggressive. Ernie George, president of the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association, said the officers will fight any disciplinary actions. He also said the union will oppose random steroid testing unless it is negotiated with the union. He said all the officers were duped by a deceptive company. The officers' actions came to light because the company's documents were seized in a separate federal investigation by the Food and Drug Administration. "Officers thought they were getting medical treatment," George said. "They submitted blood tests and found out later the doctor giving the prescription wasn't legitimately a doctor." Bush said the officers violated three policies. They engaged in conduct unbecoming an officer by obtaining the drugs, failed to report the use of a controlled substance to their supervisor and failed to obtain the drugs through a legitimate doctor-patient relationship. George said the officers have been medically cleared by their own doctors and some have gotten prescriptions for the same drugs from their personal physicians since this started. He said they turned to PowerMedica because it was cheaper and more convenient than their regular doctors. In a written news release, George disputed the investigation and blasted the internal affairs investigators — Sgts. Daniel Henry and Jerry Chestnut — for "apparent ignorance." Henry and Chestnut said they were offended by George's personal attack on them. "We're upset by his comments and we're union members," Henry said. "I take no pleasure in this." George showed up at a news conference held by Bush and Mayor Lois Frankel and shouted questions at the women. "I'd like to know if there was any evidence that the officers knew PowerMedica was under investigation," he said. Neither woman answered his question. Later, Bush said the union can protest all it wants, then pointed to the hundreds of pages of investigative documents. "All the screaming in the world doesn't negate that." 2 1 - 1 2 - 2 0 0 5 Inquiry clears deputies
Steroid use suspected after company raid
By Paula McMahon Several deputies who were customers of a Deerfield Beach drug company raided by federal agents earlier this year have been cleared by an internal affairs investigation, a Broward Sheriff's Office spokesman said Tuesday. Agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raided the PowerMedica office in February looking for mislabeled human growth hormones and anabolic steroids that were sold without valid prescriptions, court records show. Federal investigators turned over at least eight deputies' names to the Sheriff's Office after they were found in seized company records. "As far as our deputies were concerned, we didn't find any violations of our policies and procedures," said Elliot Cohen, a Sheriff's Office spokesman. Cohen would not discuss details of the internal affairs findings or release the reports because the cases are "still technically open." The agency is waiting for results of a federal investigation. At the time of the raid, some of the deputies were on the SWAT team, two law enforcement sources said. The deputies were placed on administrative leave and required to undergo drug testing, the Sheriff's Office said in February. In court documents, agents said they began investigating the company after obtaining prescription steroids and human growth hormones without seeing a doctor. No criminal charges have been filed in the ongoing investigation of PowerMedica. The company was shut down in June when state health officials suspended its pharmacy license. The U.S. Attorney's Office and the agent in charge of the FDA office declined to comment on the investigation. Efforts to contact PowerMedica Chief Executive Officer Daniel Dailey were unsuccessful. Dailey said in February that the deputies had valid prescriptions. A list of evidence seized from the pharmacy showed that one deputy's name appeared on an invoice for three vials of anabolic steroids. Steroids are illegal in the United States unless prescribed for medical use. Legal uses include promoting weight gain after surgery or chronic infections and treating some types of anemia. Some people use anabolic steroids to build muscle and improve physical performance. Steroids can make a person more aggressive, impulsive and easily agitated. 2 7 - 1 2 - 2 0 0 5 Steroid probe alleges thousands of customers
By Andrew Marra The customer called herself Julie, and all she said she wanted was to be rid of her wrinkles. On the phone, she could have been any other South Floridian trying to beat the effects of the sun and aging. She found a sympathetic ear when she dialed PowerMedica, a Deerfield Beach pharmacy. When a sales representative heard her story, he told her to get a blood test and stop by. The woman found plenty of what she was looking for: human growth hormones and anabolic steroids, both controlled substances whose sales are illegal without a prescription. By then, investigators say, PowerMedica had hooked up thousands of customers with prescriptions without requiring them to see a doctor. Julie was different from the rest. This customer was an undercover federal agent. It wasn't long before the federal Food and Drug Administration shut down the business. During a February raid, FDA agents seized PowerMedica's customer files. Authorities now allege that many South Florida police officers, including 13 at the West Palm Beach Police Department, were among the steroid-buying clients. The ongoing federal probe has prompted at least five South Florida law enforcement agencies to investigate their own officers. No one has been charged criminally. Records of the FDA's undercover investigation offer a glimpse into the world of Internet steroid sales, complete with phony doctors, bogus prescriptions and easy-to-get drugs hawked by young marketing types in upscale offices. FDA Special Agent Julie Pohutsky, a six-year veteran of the agency who also has worked for the Secret Service, began investigating PowerMedica two years ago with a visit to the company's Web site. On the Internet, PowerMedica billed itself as a state-of-the-art pharmacy that "complies with all applicable laws and regulations." Pohutsky declined to discuss the FDA's ongoing probe, but she gave an account of her investigation to the West Palm Beach Police Department, which included it in a recently released internal affairs report. PowerMedica claimed blood tests had to be done before steroids could be bought online, but Pohutsky and her fellow agents said they bought many without lab work. As long as they had a valid credit card, the drugs would show up in boxes at their mailing address. After several online purchases, Pohutsky tried to order over the phone. She spoke with a sales representative named Tony Jones, a man in his early 20s who used to work in construction. He could not be reached for comment. "I talked to Tony and introduced myself and said I was interested in getting rid of my wrinkles and looking younger and this and that," Pohutsky told police investigators. "And he said, 'Hey, come on in.' He said since you're local, you live in Florida, just stop by and we'll hook you up with something, no problem." She asked whether she had to be examined by a doctor. He said no, just bring in some blood work. Pohutsky recalled that the pharmacy, on Hillsboro Boulevard just east of Interstate 95, was full of young, "good-looking types," the sorts she often encountered in sales and marketing. But she said no one there looked like a pharmacist or a doctor. Jones, she said, was quick to hand over the drugs and a prescription. She saw the prescription had been signed but did not recognize the doctor's name. She had never met him. The prescribing doctor was "A. Almarashi," a name that later showed up on steroid prescriptions for the West Palm Beach police officers. Pohutsky traced his name to an apartment in Forest Hills, N.Y. On Feb. 15, FDA agents raided PowerMedica's office with a search warrant. Soon after, they searched the New York apartment linked to Almarashi. But there was no Almarashi at the apartment, only an elderly woman who had power of attorney to sign his name. "She was being Almarashi," Pohutsky told police investigators. "They would fax stuff to her from PowerMedica. She had a little apartment that had a fax machine and basically a cot. She just kind of laid there and waited for them to fax stuff to her." They learned that the real Dr. Almarashi, sick and elderly, had moved to California to live with his son. He had not practiced medicine for years. The woman operating under his name turned out to be a former anesthesiologist whose license had been suspended years ago. Safety concerns prompted notification Meanwhile, FDA agents were poring over the boxes of customer files seized from PowerMedica. There were so many documents that they asked the Broward Sheriff's Office to help them review and organize them. Among the documents, they uncovered many applications from customers identifying themselves as police officers and firefighters. FDA officials wondered whether they should notify the police agencies of their officers' purchases. They hesitated at first, because doing so would reveal information from an open criminal investigation. There was cause for concern, though. Illegal use of steroids, which can raise a user's testosterone levels dramatically, has been blamed for abuse by overly aggressive law enforcement officers. They decided, as a matter of public safety, to notify local departments. The list included the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Broward Sheriff's Office, Delray Beach Police Department and Miami-Dade Police Department. Pohutsky called West Palm Beach in June. Three PowerMedica clients had identified themselves in paperwork as West Palm Beach police officers. FDA agents gave police officials a copy of the list. The police investigators identified 11 more as their own. The West Palm Beach Police Department would prove to have an especially strong tie to the case. The wife of West Palm Beach officer Joseph Myers, one of the clients, worked as a sales representative for PowerMedica, records show. The FDA says the company's owner, Daniel L. Dailey, 45, had made the wife, Bobbie J. Myers, 33, a contact person for many of its police clients, particularly the ones in the West Palm Beach force. Many of the officers said she was the one who supplied their steroids. Efforts to reach Bobbie Myers through the police union were unsuccessful. A union attorney said there was no indication that Bobbie Myers or the 13 officers believed they or PowerMedica was doing anything illegal. West Palm chief weighs possible discipline In August, the 14 officers were tested for steroids and placed in desk jobs. Of the 14, nine tested positive. In the end, 13 were found to have bought steroids. The officers admitted to internal affairs investigators that they were taking the steroids but insisted they didn't believe they were doing anything wrong by accepting prescription drugs without seeing a doctor. The officers said PowerMedica, with its glimmering office, had a veneer of legitimacy that led them to believe everything was being done properly. "I've been a police officer and in police work for now 30 years," Lt. Jack Yates, one of the 13 officers, told investigators. "Nothing came to my mind that that would have made me think for one second that this place was illegitimate whatsoever." But FDA investigators say PowerMedica was engaged in fraudulent activity. Florida has since revoked its pharmacy license, shutting down the operation. Dailey, the company owner, could not be reached for comment. Although some officers said they were fooled by the company's appearance of legitimacy, internal affairs investigators concluded that only two of the 13 officers actually visited the office. The others made their purchases online or over the phone and received prescription drugs without speaking with a doctor. Delsa Bush, West Palm Beach's police chief, is mulling whether to take disciplinary action against them. Joseph and Bobbie Myers, meanwhile, remain under investigation, along with PowerMedica. 0 5 - 0 1 - 2 0 0 6 West Palm officers in steroid probe suspended
By Andrew Marra Thirteen West Palm Beach police officers who bought prescription steroids from a Deerfield Beach pharmacy under federal investigation have been hit with four to 10 days of suspension as punishment, according to a police union official. Police Chief Delsa Bush decided last week to dole out suspensions to the officers, all of whom can appeal her decision, said Ernie George, president of the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association. George said some officers were told they would be suspended just four days while others received longer suspensions. One reported being hit with a 10-day suspension, he said. It was not clear why some received longer suspensions than others. Police officials refused to comment on the disciplinary actions before the officers' appeal process has been completed. The suspensions came after an internal affairs investigation found that the 13 officers bought anabolic steroids and human growth hormones from PowerMedica, a Deerfield Beach company that is currently under investigation by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The police union contends that the officers did nothing wrong because they did not realize the steroids were not being properly prescribed. George said the officers were told by PowerMedica employees that their prescriptions were being filled in the proper manner. He said the union plans to contest the police department's disciplinary actions. "They've done nothing wrong," George said. "Police officers are like everyone else. They're allowed to go to a doctor and get a prescription." The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigated four of its deputies in connection with the same federal PowerMedica probe. Two of the deputies were given a one-day suspension for failing to alert their supervisors that they were using prescription drugs, according to internal affairs Capt. Robert Van Reeth. The sheriff's office declined to release the names of the officers, citing the FDA's ongoing federal investigation. 1 8 - 0 3 - 2 0 0 6 Dozens of S. Florida police officers, firefighters linked to steroid use
By Peter Franceschina They never saw a doctor, didn't even talk to one by phone. The 13 West Palm Beach police officers facing suspensions for buying anabolic steroids told internal investigators they thought they had valid prescriptions because each had established a doctor-patient relationship to get the drugs. The company they patronized, the now-defunct PowerMedica in Deerfield Beach, was part of an online boom in anti-aging and hormone replacement clinics. Such clinics have popped up all over South Florida, operating in a murky area of the law, and they are drawing more scrutiny from regulators. Federal investigators raided PowerMedica in February 2005, and it closed a few months later. PowerMedica's founder, Daniel L. Dailey, said 50 or 60 law enforcement officers and firefighters from around the country were on his client list. "Do you think I would invite police to do business with us if we thought we were doing anything wrong?" Dailey said. One Food and Drug Administration investigator told police that she and federal prosecutors were so concerned by the number of South Florida law enforcement officers who were PowerMedica customers that they took an unusual step in an active investigation -- they alerted the police agencies for public safety reasons. "We were very concerned that something could happen and we might be held liable for it," FDA investigator Julie Pahutsky told West Palm Beach police internal investigators. At least eight Broward Sheriff's deputies who used PowerMedica were cleared of wrongdoing by an internal affairs investigation. The Broward Sheriff's Office won't release details of those cases because of the ongoing FDA probe. Four Palm Beach County deputies and three Delray Beach officers also used the company. Two of the Palm Beach deputies were given one-day suspensions for not telling their supervisors they were taking the drugs. Two of the Delray officers were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in internal investigations released Thursday, while the third officer is still under investigation, police spokesman Jeff Messer said. The officers' prescriptions weren't signed by the doctor they thought was signing them -- another doctor with a troubled history was forging the prescriptions, according to federal investigators. That doctor had her New York medical license suspended for drug and alcohol abuse, was convicted for the unauthorized practice of medicine and was hit with a $40 million jury verdict in a patient's cosmetic-surgery death. The officers simply did what others did: They got their drugs by filling out a medical questionnaire and submitting to a single blood test, which were to be reviewed by a doctor. Web sites devoted to steroids advertise this as the legal way to obtain the drugs, but that is under debate. But it is clearly illegal to go to a foreign-based Web sites to purchase the drugs and have them shipped to the United States. At the heart of the West Palm Beach internal police investigation was whether the officers had legitimate doctor-patient relationships. The internal investigation concluded that they didn't. Police Benevolent Association lawyer Gary Lippman says they did: "All a doctor needs to prescribe medication is a medical history and lab work. They [officers] filled out those forms, and they went and had their blood tested." When questioned by skeptical investigators, the officers expressed no qualms about buying anabolic steroids not covered by their medical insurance, as well as syringes and needles, and injecting themselves. One officer's wife, a PowerMedica saleswoman, hand-delivered the drugs in sealed white paper bags. The officers told investigators they believed PowerMedica was legitimate. Lt. Jack Yates, a 25-year veteran, spent nearly $8,000 on the drugs. He told investigators he stopped when the fellow officer's wife told him the FDA raided the company. "Nothing came to my attention that would have made me think for one second that this place was illegitimate whatsoever," Yates told investigators. 0 8 - 0 4 - 2 0 0 6 Pharmacy in police steroid probe back in operation with new name
By Andrew Marra A Deerfield Beach pharmacy forced to abandon its license is operating again with a new name and owner, a year after federal agents accused it of selling steroids to dozens of South Florida police officers and thousands of others without proper prescriptions.
Investigators from the federal Food and Drug Administration raided
the Hillsboro Boulevard office of PowerMedica The federal probe led at least five police agencies to investigate their officers' purchases of controlled steroids from the company, calling new attention to the issue of Internet steroid sales. Under controversy, owner Dan Dailey shut down the business last year and surrendered his state pharmacy license. But Dailey said that later in 2005 he opened a new pharmacy in the same office, this time calling it Metragen Pharmaceuticals. When state regulators balked at giving his company a license, he transferred it to another owner, he said. In February, the Florida Pharmacy Board granted Metragen a license.
Today, Metragen operates out of the same office that PowerMedica
once did. It sells the same controlled substances and operates a
similar-looking Web site. Dailey said in an interview that PowerMedica never did anything illegal and was unfairly targeted by the federal government. "It's not like you could call up and get drugs," Dailey said. "They make it sound like we were selling drugs in the street." It is not illegal to sell steroids or human growth hormone if the customer has a proper prescription. FDA agents alleged, however, that PowerMedica steered its customers, including police officers, to phony doctors who gave out improper prescriptions. An FDA undercover agent said investigators were able to buy steroids over the phone without ever seeing a doctor or submitting blood tests, according to West Palm Beach police internal affairs records. No one from PowerMedica has been charged with any crime. Federal investigators alerted some local police departments, including the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, the West Palm Beach Police Department and the Delray Beach Police Department, that some of their officers were among the steroid-buying clients. Every agency cleared its officers of wrongdoing except West Palm Beach, which found 13 officers violated department policy by purchasing the steroids without notifying department supervisors. Records show that the Florida Pharmacy Board was aware of Metragen's ties to PowerMedica. Still, the board approved Metragen's license in February. Officials from the staff of the Florida Pharmacy Board did not return phone calls for comment. The new president, Phillip Pierson, said Metragen is doing nothing illegal or improper. "I'm not in the business he was in," he said. |
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