ADM Faces SEC Charges for Inflating Nutrition Segment Profits
The SEC charged Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) and former executives Vince Macciocchi and Ray Young, with inflating Nutrition segment profits through improper intersegment adjustments and retroactive rebates to meet projected growth targets for 2021–2022; a separate action targets Vikram Luthar for directing these adjustments. ADM settled the matter, paying a $40 million civil penalty and implementing enhanced internal controls, while remaining cooperative with the investigation. Macciocchi and Young face disgorgement, penalties, and an officer-director bar, and Luthar faces civil action seeking injunctive relief, penalties, and reimbursement of certain compensation. The SEC also established a Fair Fund to distribute relief to harmed investors.












