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category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: Government informant who connected Ben Kalka with Michael Riconosciuto in
  a federal sting operation involving methamphetamine precursors.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
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[Paul Palmer](/people/paul-palmer/) was an informant for the [government](/places/united-states/). He became an informant after being busted for selling chemical precursors. Palmer put [Ben Kalka](/people/ben-kalka/) in touch with [Michael Riconosciuto](/people/michael-riconosciuto/) to obtain monomethylamine, a key ingredient for methamphetamine production, as part of a federal sting operation.[^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.