Bob White testified how Tom
Petters would jokingly pretend to the FBI knocking on White's office door. White
said his office was always a mess because he spent hours "cutting and pasting"
an estimated 10,000 phony documents for Petters over the years. But on Sept.
24, 2008 the knock was from a real FBI agent. White said he agreed
immediately to cooperate and told the agent everything that had been going on.
"I was relieved," White said. "I was glad it was over."
White said over the next
few days Petters told him how angry he was with Deanna Coleman. White also said
Petters urged him to flee the country.
Unlike Coleman who got a deal for her
cooperation and faces a maximum of five years in prison, White did not get a deal.
He pleaded guilty to money laundering and wire fraud and faces 30 years in
prison. He said because he is 68 he knows that amounts to a life sentence. A judge could decide to give him a lesser sentence in return for his
cooperation.
