You have the question and the answer, yet you don't buy it...so telling you much beyond this point seems, well, pointless.
YOU do the leg work, get the answer and share in good faith.
Let's see what info you can find and share on a rather slow news day, or have you burned your bridges?...why the reluctance to verify my information??...I gave you the question to ask.
Get busy...I'm sure your friend, who doesn't post, is anxiously awaiting.