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category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: Alleged mobster observed meeting with Cabazon tribal administrator Dr. John
  Philip Nichols alongside La Cosa Nostra figures per Indio Police surveillance.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- CIA
---

[Daniel Magano](/people/daniel-magano/) was an alleged mobster mentioned in a surveillance report from the Indio Police Department in August 1981. He was observed meeting with [Dr. John Philip Nichols](/people/dr-john-philip-nichols/), the Cabazon Administrator, and other [La Cosa Nostra](/organizations/la-cosa-nostra/) underworld figures. These meetings were believed to involve financial transactions.[^1]

[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.