LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Paula Petruk and Ernest Stevenson pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently obtain federal housing subsidies in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 641. Under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA), the district court at sentencing "shall order" restitution to a victim of this offense. 18 U.S.C. § 3663A(a)(1), (c)(1)(a)(ii). The government can be a "victim" entitled to restitution, United States v. Senty-Haugen,
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