Mark Whitacre (
1964 - February
2002) was the key insider informant responsible for the
1996 conviction of the
Archer Daniels Midland[?] Company in a
price fixing conspiracy centered on
lysine, an animal feed additive.
It was, at the time, the largest case of its kind in U.S. history. Convicted and sent to jail, Whitacre was diagnosed with a mild form of schizophrenia in prison, but refused medications or treatment. He committed suicide in prison in February of 2002.
External links
- ADM: WHO'S NEXT? (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/october96/adm_10-15), a MacNeil/Lehrer news report from the time
- "The Fix Is In" (http://thislife.org/ra/168.ram), a RealAudio broadcast from This American Life (http://thislife.org/): "No, free markets aren't free, professional wrestling is fake, and school elections are actually won by the most popular kids, not those who'd do the best job. For the latest, most dramatic example of these truths, we hear from New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald, whose book The Informant outlines how a shadowy cabal of men in suits actually sat down together around a table and set worldwide food prices (leading to the largest antitrust fine in U.S. history)."
- transom.org discussion (http://makeashorterlink.com/?A4AE21712) about "The Fix Is In"
- excerpts (http://thislife.org/pages/trax/text/adm1) from The Informant
Stub.
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