Event
McKinsey resolution of the Purdue investigation (2024)
On 13 December 2024 McKinsey agreed to pay $650 million and entered a deferred prosecution agreement; a former senior partner, Martin Elling, pleaded guilty to obstruction and was sentenced to six months in prison in 2025.
- Dates
- 13 Dec 2024
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- McKinsey & Company agreed to pay $650 million Primary record 1
- Martin Elling charged with obstruction of justice; pleaded guilty in January 2025 and was sentenced to six months in prison on 22 May 2025 Primary record 12
- U.S. Department of Justice announced the resolution Primary record 1
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia court where the information was filed Primary record 1
- Abingdon, Virginia where the case was filed Primary record 1
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- 13 Dec 2024 McKinsey resolution of the Purdue investigation (2024)
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Justice Department Announces Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations into McKinsey & Company’s Work with Purdue Pharma L.P.; Former McKinsey Senior Partner Charged with Obstruction of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia, 13 Dec 2024.
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has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a criminal and civil investigation into the firm’s consulting work with opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma L.P.
Elling has agreed to plead guilty and is expected to appear in federal court in Abingdon to enter his plea and for sentencing at later dates.
Today’s resolution marks the first time a management consulting firm has been held criminally responsible for advice resulting in the commission of a crime by a client
in connection with a criminal Information filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia against McKinsey’s U.S. subsidiary
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Former Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company Sentenced, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia, 23 May 2025.
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was sentenced yesterday to six months in federal prison for obstructing justice related to his work on Purdue matters
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