As evidenced by The Informant!, it’s a hell of a tricky thing turning real-life pulp into floss sugar. The story of Archer Daniels Midland biochemist-exec-turned-crooked-federal-snitch Mark Whitacre ...

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VALPARAISO | Mark Whitacre spoke to students at Valparaiso University on Wednesday, admonishing them not to follow a path of greed that landed him in jail for more than eight years. Whitacre, a former ...

DECATUR — Millions of people have seen the movie on the FBI mole who secretly taped executives at Archer Daniels Midland Co. as they conspired to fix prices on an animal feed ingredient. But Mark ...

If you’ve never seen The Informant!, which just got a new 4K Blu-Ray, the easiest point of comparison in director Steven Soderbergh’s filmography is Erin Brockovich, another real-life story of ...

Archer Daniels Midland Co. executive-turned-FBI informant Mark Whitacre admitted taking more than $8.5-million from the company, according to court documents. Whitacre said that he orchestrated the ...

Watching yourself on screen can be a strange experience. Watching someone else play you on screen can be even stranger. Mark Whitacre, a Warren County native and 1975 graduate of Little Miami High ...

Mark Whitacre was earning $3 million a year in salary and stock options as the vice president of Archer Daniel Midlands, a $70 billion-a-year food processing company. He had a 13,000-square-foot home, ...