Are you tying to make a point to the people who deny these types of things are happening based on how many people would have to cover it up or be silent?
Just wanted to point out that the term is really "a few bad apples spoils the barrel"
So a "few bad apples" in this case applies, and those apples are probably the executives in charge of the program. All the people involved who may not normally do morally questionable things, were "spoiled" because of the bad apples.