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category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence in the Philippine government who used
  Robert Booth Nichols to move money into Swiss bank accounts.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
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[Ignacio Paz](/people/ignacio-paz/) was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence in the Philippine government. [Robert Booth Nichols](/people/robert-booth-nichols/) assisted Paz in removing large sums of money from the [Philippines](/places/philippines/) by investing with Nichols, who placed the money in Swiss bank accounts.[^1]

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