DA to lay fraud and racketeering charges against McKinsey over Gupta dealings
Charges of fraud‚ racketeering and collusion are to be laid against international consultancy firm McKinsey in connection with its facilitation of deals between the controversial Gupta family and state-owned entities. The DA said it would lay the charges in Cape Town on Tuesday. McKinsey has been under fire for its dealings with the Guptas‚ who secured multibillion-rand coal supply tenders with Eskom. Last week Corruption Watch head David Lewis said he would bring bribery and corruption charges against McKinsey with the US Justice Department over the firm’s alleged business dealings with the Guptas. Those charges stem from dealings with Gupta-linked firm Trillian‚ in which the company was paid nearly R500m for work it never did for Eskom. McKinsey has vehemently denied it was involved in any bribery or corruption, and has launched its own internal investigation over the scandal. DA MP Natasha Mazzone said she would lay the charges against McKinsey under the Prevention and Combating ...
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