The Informant!2009

Mark Whitacre:
What if I just put out some hypotheticals. I'll talk about certain financial situations, and you guys can tell me if they're wrong, or how serious they might be. Okay, for instance, what if a company gave an executive a car, you know, a corporate car, and instead of driving that to work, he used his personal car, and gave his company car to his daughter. That be a problem?

FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon:
That's it? That's hypothetical?

Brian Shepard:
That shouldn't be a problem.

Mark Whitacre:
Okay, what if it was a corporate plane, and the executive was using that for personal use.

FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon:
Basically the same thing.

Brian Shepard:
Maybe some IRS issues, but...

Mark Whitacre:
Okay, what if it was standard practice at ADM for executives to regularly accept kickbacks in cash.

Brian Shepard:
[stunned] How much money are we talking about, Mark?

Mark Whitacre:
Well, Brian, hypothetically, $500,000.