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category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: Belton also made a statement regarding the trip to Canada by Dr.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
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[John Belton](/people/john-belton/) was a Canadian banker who claimed he lost a great deal of money regarding the sale of [PROMIS](/programs/promis/) to [Canada](/places/canada/). He alleged that his bank financed the purchase of [PROMIS](/programs/promis/) from [Earl Brian](/people/earl-brian/). Through Belton, who was a mutually shared Canadian source, [Sean McDade](/people/sean-mcdade/) and [Sue Todd](/people/sue-todd/) were brought together and ultimately joined forces in their respective investigations.[^1]

Belton also made a statement regarding the trip to [Canada](/places/canada/) by [Dr. John Philip Nichols](/people/dr-john-philip-nichols/) and [Peter Zokosky](/people/peter-zokosky/) in which they were involved in the purchase of Valleyfield Chemical Corporation in [Canada](/places/canada/) in May 1981. Belton claimed that [Dr. John Philip Nichols](/people/dr-john-philip-nichols/) "used people in [Canada](/places/canada/) to make sure he had an alibi when the Alvarez people were murdered on Bob Hope Drive."[^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.