Episode 149: Bob Herndon – The Informant, Price Fixing Case, Book, Movie (Part 2)




FBI Retired Case File Review show

Summary: Retired agent Bob Herndon reviews an anti-trust corporate fraud investigation involving a price-fixing scheme to steal millions of dollars from the customers of global food processing company. Herndon also discusses Mark Whitacre, his rogue cooperating witness who had a hidden agenda that nearly destroyed the careers of Herndon and his co-case agent. The case was the subject of the true crime thriller The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald and a feature film by the same name, starring Matt Damon.