the consulting firm targeted by an investigation by the national financial prosecutor’s office

After two weeks of political controversy and four days before the presidential election, the case McKinsey took a turn judicial. The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) opened, on March 31, a preliminary investigation for “aggravated laundering of tax evasion”. Natalie Perezin duplex of the Court of Paris, Wednesday April 6, explains the details of this legal turning point.

“It was indeed a report from the Senate that prompted the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office to open an investigation”explains the journalist. “Last March, before the Senate committee, the director of the consulting firm McKinsey affirmed under oath that his companies paid his taxes in France.“, recalls Nathalie Perez. But the senators, who have obtained documents from the Ministry of Finance, say the opposite. “If McKinsey pays its social charges well in France, on the other hand the American giant would not have paid corporate tax between 2011 and 2020“, explains the journalist. According to the senators, this would contribute to having committed tax evasion. This is what the magistrates will now verify.