McKinsey affair: €65 million seized for tax fraud by PNF
The National Financial Prosecutor's Office and Belgian justice have seized €65 million in the investigation targeting McKinsey for aggravated money laundering of tax fraud.
McKinsey: €65 million seized in Franco-Belgian investigation into tax money laundering
The National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) announced on Friday 4 September, jointly with the prosecutor of the King in Brussels, the seizure of €65 million in the framework of the investigation targeting the consulting firm McKinsey for aggravated money laundering of tax fraud, according to ladepeche.fr.
According to a joint statement from the PNF and Belgian justice, this sum corresponds to "96% of the tax damage according to the assessment of the national financial prosecutor's office". The operation comes as investigations are still ongoing.
The investigation was opened in March 2022, following on from work by the Senate on the influence of private consulting firms on public policy since Emmanuel Macron came to power in 2017. Witnesses and suspects were heard in the course of 2025 and 2026. The PNF specifies that the case is continuing.
Source: Le Monde - Justice