McKinsey's Paris offices raided by french police in tax case

McKinsey & Co.’s Paris offices were raided by police in the latest escalation of a controversy over whether the US consulting firm paid any French corporate taxes in the last decade despite earning millions of euros on government projects.

Prosecutors confirmed that evidence-gathering searches had begun on Tuesday. Last month, financial prosecutors at the Parquet National Financier said they had opened a probe into McKinsey to look into suspicions of laundering of tax-fraud proceeds.

McKinsey said it’s cooperating with authorities and provided all the information required by prosecutors during the raid. The firm added in the statement that it adheres to French