Malcolm Hunt is the head of a negligent insurance company that failed to inform Daniel Varney or the health department of his syphilis, which eventually caused him to psychotically attack five people, killing four.
Cabot threatened him with seven years in prison for four concurrent counts of first-degree reckless endangerment. To avoid that, he was forced to settle civil suits filed by Daniel's family and the families of Daniel's victims and notify all inquiries to the health department, which would in turn cost his company millions. (SVU: "Scourge")