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At the beginning of 2011, a strange story broke in the media. It claimed that Renault, the car maker, dismissed three managers in secret. These managers were claimed to have given information about Renault’s electric vehicles to Chinese companies. However, the investigation soon discovered that the issue was one of fraud instead of spying. This paper analyzes this case and investigates how belief and imagination interact to constitute the company’s history. It discusses the role secrecy, shame, and disavowal play in structuring the imagination.