Category: McKinsey & Company

Ex-Mckinsey Partner Sentenced To 2 Years For Insider Trading Scheme

A former McKinsey & Co partner who assisted Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. on its recent purchase of a financial technology company has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for insider trading on the takeover. Puneet Dikshit, 41, was sentenced in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon. He had…


Nevada Announces $45 Million Settlement With McKinsey Over Opioids

LAS VEGAS—Nevada has struck a $45 million settlement deal with McKinsey & Company for the global consulting firm’s role in advising opioid makers how to sell more prescription painkillers amid a national overdose crisis. The western state reached the deal after sitting out a multi-state settlement with McKinsey announced in February. The hard bargaining has…


Rubio Rips McKinsey for Response to Arrest of Putin Critic

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Sunday serious questions are rising about “McKinsey’s core values and corporate culture” by the famous international management consulting firm’s order barring its Moscow office employees from joining the growing protests in Russia against the arrest of Alexei Navalny. Navalny was arrested last week as he returned to Russia from Berlin…