McKinsey faces criminal probe in US over alleged role in opioid crisis: Report
Hindustan TimesMcKinsey & Co is under criminal investigation in the United States over allegations that the firm played a crucial role in fueling the opioid epidemic, news agency Reuters reported citing people in the know. The report claimed that the probe is focused on whether McKinsey engaged in a criminal conspiracy when advising Purdue and other pharmaceutical manufacturers on marketing strategies. At the same time, the US Justice Department is also investigating whether McKinsey conspired to commit healthcare fraud as well as prosecutors are looking at whether the company obstructed justice, the report claimed. Although, prosecutors are far from making any charging decisions in their criminal investigation of McKinsey owing to a lot of documentation that needs to be sifted through, the report added.
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