Description
The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald is a gripping work of investigative nonfiction that tells the extraordinary true story of one of the FBI’s most unusual corporate investigations. At the centre is Mark Whitacre, a senior executive at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) who secretly becomes a government informant, wearing a wire and recording evidence of an international criminal conspiracy involving the powerful agricultural corporation. As FBI agents uncover the company’s efforts to manipulate markets and defraud customers, Whitacre risks his career and reputation while secretly working against his colleagues.
But the investigation becomes increasingly complicated when the informant himself proves impossible to fully trust. While cooperating with federal agents, Whitacre is pursuing an agenda of his own and concealing information from his wife, lawyer and even the investigators who depend on him. His increasingly elaborate deceptions threaten to derail the case, leaving the FBI and prosecutors struggling to determine where the truth ends and the lies begin. Drawing on extensive research and his experience as a New York Times investigative reporter, Eichenwald reconstructs the investigation, the corporate power struggles and the extraordinary cast of executives, lawyers, agents and government officials caught up in the scandal.
A compelling choice for readers who enjoy true crime, corporate scandals, investigative journalism and real-life stories of corruption, conspiracy and deception.
