A subsidiary of top global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $123 million to settle claims that it bribed government officials in South Africa, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
Federal prosecutors also unsealed a 2022 guilty plea by Vikas Sagar, a former senior partner at McKinsey who worked in the subsidiary's South Africa office.
The bribery scheme helped McKinsey and McKinsey Africa net approximately $85 million in profits, according to prosecutors.
The deferred prosecution agreement requires McKinsey Africa to accept responsibility for the allegations.
"McKinsey welcomes the resolution of these matters and the closure of this regretful situation," McKinsey Africa said in a statement Thursday.
Persons:
Vikas Sagar, Chad Yarbrough, Sagar
Organizations:
McKinsey & Company, Mobile World Congress, MWC, U.S . Department of Justice, McKinsey, Southern, of, DOJ, Prosecutors, Transnet, Eskom Holdings, McKinsey Africa, FBI
Locations:
Barcelona, South Africa, Africa, Sagar, Johannesburg, U.S, of New York, McKinsey Africa, Transnet