secrecy broken, 286–87, 288, 313
allegations, 475–77
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July 14, 1993, meeting with
citric acid price-fixing and, 173, 225,
Whitacre, Hampton Inn, Forsyth, IL,
226, 259, 559
166–70
Sommer, Kuno, and, 243–44, 245,
June 27, 1995, interview with Mick
247–48, 250, 259, 589n
Andreas, 301–5
Holiday Inn, Decatur, IL
June 27, 1995, interview with Wilson
December 29, 1992, meeting, 116–17,
and Whitacre, Country Club of
580n
Decatur, 1–4, 569n
June 27, 1995, FBI meeting, 6–7
June 27, 1995, meeting with Whitacre,
July 12, 1993, FBI–U.S. Attorney
Holiday Inn, 6
meeting, 233–34
Kansas City transfer, 558
November 24, 1992, meeting, 94, 579n
Kim, J. S., testimony, 505–6, 601n
November 30, 1992, meeting, 96–99,
Mutchnik and, 281–82
579n
October, 1993, meeting with Whitacre,
Holly Farms, 14
Hampton Inn, 183–85, 585n
Honey Mead Products Company, 20, 571n
October, 1994, meeting with Whitacre,
Howard, Barbara, 31
242–44, 588n
Hoyt, John, 31, 54, 574n
presentation of case to higher ups,
accusations against agents and, 366–67
272–74
briefing of Freeh, 293, 298–300, 590n
price-fixing trial, 551–55
presentation of evidence to Mann,
prosecutors and, 277–78, 589n
148–50
reviews ADM case, 162–63
price-fixing at ADM case, 54–56,
Richter interview, 454–60, 461–62,
81–82, 142–43, 158–59, 170–72,
598n
237–38, 278, 280, 424–27, 583n
suspicions about Whitacre, 228
Shepard reservations about ADM case
tapes of October 25, 1993, 198–99
and, 59–60
Weatherall and, 164
Shepard transfer stopped, 493
Whitacre alleged illegal activities and,
Whitacre’s alleged illegal activities and,
345–55, 359, 365, 397, 403
360–62, 363
Whitacre indictments and sentencing,
Hui, Eric, 400, 595n
527–28, 541–42, 546–49, 602n,
Hulin, Frances, 202, 277–80, 364, 395,
603n
576n, 589n
Whitacre leaks and, 311–13, 323
Hulkower, Mark, 552
Whitacre suicide attempt and, 394–95
Hulse, Sidney, 89–90, 95, 250–52, 376,
Yamada testimony, Hong Kong,
379, 417–18, 427, 436, 456, 457, 496,
503–5
516, 517, 518, 538, 542–44, 558,
Hightower, Janine, 471–72
578n–579n, 596n
Hobelsrud, J. R., 170–72
FBI interview, 428–35
Hodge, Mary, 578n–579n
Humphrey, Hubert, 12, 21–22, 571n
Hoech, Carol, 491
Hundley, Bill, 315
Hoech, David, 141, 474, 535, 558–59,
Hwang, Peter, 505–6
582n, 599n
FBI interview, 490–92
home, 490–91
I
as Lamet Vov, 484–87
Ikeda, Hirokazu
Hoffman-LaRoche
Chicago Marriott Downtown,
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Ikeda, Hirokazu ( cont. )
Johnson, F. Ross, 337–38, 345, 401,
January 22, 1993, price-fixing meeting,
436–37, 487, 509, 510, 522–23, 597n
122–24, 581n
Jones, Chris, 94, 118, 231, 232, 236–37,
immunity granted, 603n
269–72, 439, 481, 559, 579n, 589n
phone call with Whitacre, taped,
JT Technologies, 430, 431
183–85
price-fixing and, 67, 133, 163, 167–68,
181, 182, 583n
K
September 10, 1992, meeting at ADM,
Keeney, Jack, 454, 525
12–16, 570n
Kehart, Shafter & Hughes, 41
taped conversations, 78, 167, 201
Kennedy administration, 23
Tokyo meeting, December 7, 1993,
Kennedy, James, 504
205–6
Kill, Lawrence, 471–72, 483
videotaped meeting Whitacre, Andreas,
Killham, Kate, 272–74, 278, 293, 298–300,
Yamada, 188–97, 200–201, 586n
360–61, 362–63, 364–65, 367–71,
Industrial espionage
404–5, 492–93, 590n, 593n, 600n
ADM, allegations about, 475–76, 500
Kilman, Scott, 331–32, 401–2, 591n, 595n
bacitracin and, 118–20, 475, 480–81,
Kim, J. E., 264
575n
Kim, Jhom Su, 214, 266, 471–72, 505–6,
Eddyville scheme, 476–77, 500, 599n
584n, 601n, 603n
Informants (cooperating witnesses). See also Koegel, J. William, Jr., 602n–603n
Whitacre, Mark
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), 345,
behavior of, 64–65
500
cold feet by, 88–89
Komven, 456, 598n
cooperation agreements, 96–99, 117,
Koob, Charles, 401, 453–54
579n, 580n
Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong,
FBI responsibility to, 367
503–4
Leuci, Robert, 559–60
Kravis, Henry, 345, 488, 500, 508
Inland Telephone Company, 62–63, 71,
Kroll Associates, 472–73, 478, 598n, 599n
577n
Kroll, Jules, 474, 481–83
International Minerals Corp., 118
Kronos, 239, 439
Kubic, Thomas, 272–74
Kurth, Richard, 526, 534, 601n
J
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. (Bioyowa)
Jansen, Alfred, 228–29
Hoech, David, and, 141, 582n
Japan
plea offer to DOJ, 503, 603n
approach of tamamushi-iro no hyogen o
price-fixing and, 67, 128, 131, 143–44,
tsukau (using iridescent expressions),
163, 170, 193, 204, 213, 264, 582n,
13, 570n
583n, 586n
covert recording and, 202–3
taped conversation with executive,
lysine market and, 14–15
76–78, 577n
naniwabushi (negotiating strategy),
195
Jardini, Nancy, 540, 541
L
John Wayne Airport, Irvine, CA, 188,
Lactic acid, 111, 245
585n–586n
Lake Charles, LA, 239, 588n
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Lamet Vov (ADM Shareholders’ Watch
Japanese manufacturers, 14–15, 36,
Committee), 336–37, 366, 472,
120, 131, 143–44, 170, 181
477–79, 482, 592n, 598n–599n
largest plant, Decatur, IL, 15
identity revealed, 484–87; see also
Paris meeting, October 5, 1993,
Hoech, David
176–78, 585n
name origination, 478
price-fixing and, 65, 68, 94, 132–36,
psychological profiling of, 478–79
143–44, 150–57, 163–64, 168–72,
Larkin, Dan, 587n
176–81, 189–97, 480, 579n, 583n,
Lassar, Scott, 341–42, 359–60, 374, 380,
584n
448, 453–54, 506, 527, 537–38,
production limits and, 132–36, 179,
539–40, 558, 581n
192, 205–6
Allison interview, 479–81
Tokyo meeting, December 8, 1993,
Yamada testimony, Hong Kong,
204–6, 586n
503–5
use of, 14
Leuci, Robert, 559–60
Vancouver meeting, June 23, 1993,
Levetown, Andrew, 472–74, 598n
163–64, 584n
Lie detector (polygraph) tests, 103–7, 112,
Whitacre’s plan for price war, 94–96,
125–26, 501, 580n, 581n, 600n
100, 103, 128, 141, 579n
Lines, Sue, 422
Linklater, William Joseph, 475, 575n
Lipper, Kenneth, 345
M
Lysine, 272. See also “Harvest King”; PriceMackay, Donald, 360, 362, 363, 368, 380, fixing
392–93, 395, 397–99, 415, 435,
ADM Bioproducts Division and, 14–16,
447–48, 479, 502–3, 506, 520,
570n
535–36, 539–40, 543–44, 558,
ADM investment in, 15, 570n
602n
ADM market impact, 36
Allison interview, 511–18, 601n
ADM production problems, 15, 36,
Fraud division memo to curtail
112–14, 570n
investigation and, 467–71
Atlanta price-fixing meeting, January,
Mann, Robin, 558
1995, 253–54, 262–67, 588n, 589n
ADM case (Harvest King), 137–38, 255,
Budapest meeting, 170, 584n
256, 276–77, 281, 282–83, 324
Canadian market, 267
background, 138
Chicago Marriott Downtown,
character and personality, 138
January 22, 1993, price-fixing meeting,
Kim, J. S., testimony, 505–6, 603n
122–24, 581n
meetings with Whitacre, 206–7,
Chicago Marriott Downtown, April 15,
233–34, 258, 288–89, 297
1993, price-fixing meeting, 144–47,
plea tendered by Sewon, 483, 505–6
149
presentation of evidence to, 148–50
Hawaii price fixing meeting, 169, 173,
problems with evidence, 199–200
208, 209–27, 586n–587n
prosecution of Whitacre and, 374–75
Hong Kong meeting, 286
Whitacre abduction story and, 489–90
investigation wrap-up, 227
Whitacre’s confession to agents and,
Japanese industrial sabotage of ADM
359
and extortion story, 17–19, 28–29,
Manning, Blanche, 536–38, 551–57, 558,
36–37, 112–14, 124, 537–38
558n
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Manning, Claudia, 290, 590n
Harvest King prosecution, 256, 281,
Marriott Corporation, taping in Irvine, CA
282–83
and, 188
Kim, J. S., testimony, 505–6
Martin, George, 595
media coverage and, 332–33
McDaniels, William, 408
meetings with Whitacre, 258, 288–90,
McGovern, George, 23
295–97
McLaren, Patti, 472–73, 478, 598n
plea tendered by Sewon, 483, 505–6,
Meares, Tracy, 148
603n
Methionine, 118, 231, 236–37, 481
price-fixing trial, 551–57
Milken, Michael, 314
Richter interview, Mexico, 454–60
Miller, Derek, 387–88, 396–97, 409, 449,
surveillance of Heartland Lysine,
528, 532–33, 594n, 597n
290–91
precautions against ADM by, 397, 594n
Whitacre’s confession to agents and,
Millikin University, 338, 391
359
Mimoto, Kanji, 163, 244
Whitacre’s leaks and, 309–10
antitrust case against, 413
Whitacre’s legal counsel and, 325
Atlanta price-fixing meeting, January,
Whitacre’s suicide attempt and, 394–95
1995, 265, 266, 589n
Yamada testimony, Hong Kong, 503–5
attempt to steal ADM bacteria, 16, 571n
Myer, Carole, 339–40
Chicago Marriott Downtown,
Myer, Paul, 339–40, 388, 408–9, 412–13,
January 22, 1993, price-fixing meeting,
592n, 596n
122–24, 581n
Hawaii price-fixing meeting, 214, 215,
220–21, 222, 224
N
plea offer by, 472, 503–5, 603n
Nash, Steven, 307, 590n
price-fixing and, 168–70, 246–48, 584n,
New York Times, 530
588n
Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud (419 Fraud),
September 10, 1992, meeting at ADM,
431–33, 458, 466–67, 512–18, 596n
12–16, 570n
Nixon, James, 360, 373, 377, 379, 392,
suit against ADM, 284–85
395, 415, 435, 447–48, 479, 502, 558
taped conversations, 78, 168–70, 584n
Allison interview, 511–18, 601n
Tokyo meeting, December 7, 1993,
Ferrari interview, second, 463–67, 598n
204–6, 586n
Fraud division memo to curtail
Whitacre and, 96, 100–102, 579n,
investigation and, 467–71
580n
Richter interview, Mexico, 454–60,
Money laundering, 378, 498
462
Monico, Michael, 479–81, 511–18, 601n
Nixon, Richard, 12, 24, 27, 56, 570n, 572n
Monosodium glutamate (MSG), 164
Nordkron Chemie, 421, 516
Moweaqua, IL, 48, 575n
North Shore Treatment Center, Chicago,
Mulroney, Brian, 26, 337–38, 344–45, 509,
388
521–23
Murray, Bill, 440
Mutchnik, James, 558
O
Atlanta price-fixing meeting, January,
O’Neill, Thomas P. “Tip,” 25, 26, 572n
1995, 267, 589n
Operation Silver Shovel, 341, 381, 593n
breach with Shepard, 552–55
Owens, Charles, 390–91, 404–5
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citric acid, 109, 137, 155, 158, 164,
Page, David, 165, 372, 440, 519, 538,
173, 182, 225, 226, 559
584n, 593n, 597n, 601n
consequences of investigation, 559
FBI interview, 519–20
corn refining and, 68
Paisley, Dean
gluconate, 109, 110
ADM backing off of cooperating, 73–74,
“hub-and-spoke” conspiracies, 137
577n
lactic acid, 111, 245
appearance, 30
lysine, 65, 68, 94, 132–36, 137,
assigns Brian Shepard to ADM
143–47, 154–57, 163–64, 168–72,
case, 32
179–83, 189–97, 213–27, 584n
&
nbsp; assigns Joe Weatherall to ADM case,
monosodium glutamate (MSG), 164
82–83, 578n
production volume and, 66–67, 132–36,
industrial espionage at ADM, 30–32,
179, 192, 205–6
81, 476–77
Sewon, 67, 163, 193, 204, 246–47, 265,
November, 1992, meeting with Mick
483, 505–6, 586n, 603n
Andreas, 35–38, 574n
taped conversation with Kyowa Hakko
presentation of evidence to Mann,
executive, 76–78, 577n
148–50
Tokyo meeting, December 8, 1993,
price-fixing at ADM, 54–56, 80, 81,
204–6, 586n
158–59, 164, 578n
Whitacre reveals price-fixing at ADM to
retirement, 230
FBI, 51–53
taping by ADM at Decatur Club and,
Price, Marvin, 237–38, 256, 281, 283, 296,
80–81, 307, 308, 578n, 599n
324, 359, 556
told about price-fixing at ADM, 53
Prospect Heights, IL, 440
Whitacre and, 65–73, 577n
Palace Hotel, Tokyo, 204–6, 586n
Partner, The (Grisham), 553
Q
Petersen, John, 21
Quayle, Dan, 11, 570n
Peterson, Brian, 414
Price-fixing, 170–72, 217. See also specific
manufacturers
R
ADM and, 3, 27, 51, 68, 93, 109–11,
Rabin, Yitzhak, 26
136–38, 154–57, 163–64, 171–72,
Radio Shack recorder, 203–4, 205,
178–83, 189–97, 200–201,
206
213–27, 244–48, 250–52, 453–54,
Randall, James
588n
ADM plea negotiations and, 510–11,
Ajinomoto and, 67, 122–24, 128,
521
132–33, 144, 150–57, 163, 178,
as ADM president, 13–14, 570n
189–97, 200–201, 246–48, 483–84,
alleged kickbacks and illegal payments
581n, 583n
and, 439, 447, 456, 503
American law and, 56–58
bacitracin bug payment alleged, 475,
April, 1993, taped Chicago meeting,
480–81, 575n
150–57, 583n
character and personality, 14, 291
bogus industry association meetings, 3,
industrial espionage and, 118–20
67, 93, 94, 109–10, 146–47, 155, 156,
Japanese sabotage and extortion scheme
163–64
and, 45
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Randall, James ( cont. )
Rockefeller, Happy, 337
loyalty to Dwayne Andreas, 291,
Rollier, Philippe, 151, 154–57, 177
327–28, 327n
Roosevelt, Teddy, 57
price-fixing and, 132–36
Rountree, Kyle, 239–40, 333, 587n
taping of, 118–20, 131–36, 581n,
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 163
582n
Russia (Soviet Union), Andreas, Dwayne,
Whitacre and, 45, 58–59, 84, 122, 346,
and, 23, 25–26, 571n, 572n
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