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category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: Law school classmate of Allan Boyak and estranged brother of intelligence
  operative Robert Booth Nichols.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
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[Jim Nichols](/people/jim-nichols/) was a classmate of [Allan Boyak](/people/allan-boyak/) in law school. He told Boyak that he had a brother, [Robert Booth Nichols](/people/robert-booth-nichols/), who was heavily involved in organized crime and had been disowned by his family. Information about [Robert Booth Nichols](/people/robert-booth-nichols/)' background profile was reportedly provided by his estranged brother, Jim Nichols.[^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.