美国司法部重拳出击，麦肯锡南非子公司认罪并支付超1.22亿美元

Yesterday, December 5, 2024, the DOJ announced a new enforcement action against McKinsey and Company Africa (Pty) Ltd ("McKinsey Africa"), the South African subsidiary of international consulting firm McKinsey & Company, Inc.

2024年12月5日，美国司法部针对国际咨询公司麦肯锡在南非的子公司麦肯锡非洲私人有限公司采取了新的执法行动。

According to the documents in this case, between at least 2012 and 2016, McKinsey Africa, acting through former senior partner Vikas Sagar (who has been charged separately), conspired to pay bribes to high-ranking officials at two South African state-owned enterprises: Transnet SOC Ltd., which was the custodian of ports, rails, and pipelines in the country, and Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state-owned energy company. McKinsey Africa obtained sensitive confidential and non-public information from Transnet and Eskom through local South African businesspeople regarding the award of consulting contracts. The company then used that information in proposals it submitted for multimillion-dollar consulting engagements, while knowing that South African consulting firms with which McKinsey Africa had partnered would pay a portion of their fees as bribes to officials at Transnet and Eskom. As a result of the bribery scheme, McKinsey and McKinsey Africa earned profits of approximately $85,000,000.

据本案文件显示，在2012年至2016年期间，麦肯锡非洲公司通过其前高级合伙人Vikas Sagar（此人已被单独起诉），策划向南非两家国有企业——管理全国港口、铁路及管道的Transnet公司和南非国有电力公司Eskom的高层官员行贿。麦肯锡非洲公司通过南非本地商人从这两家公司获取了有关咨询合同授标的敏感内部信息，并在提交的大额咨询项目提案中利用了这些信息。在此过程中，麦肯锡非洲公司明知其合作的南非咨询公司会将部分费用作为贿赂给Transnet和Eskom的官员。最终，这一贿赂阴谋使麦肯锡及其非洲分公司获利约8500万美元。

On December 5, the DOJ filed a single count information in the Southern District of New York against McKinsey Africa alleging a conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. On the same date, McKinsey and McKinsey Africa entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the DOJ. Under the terms of the settlement, McKinsey Africa agreed to pay a fine of $122,850,000, which represented a 35 percent off the fifth percentile of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines range, and both McKinsey and McKinsey Africa agreed to report to the DOJ on the status of the companies' anticorruption compliance for a term of three years. The DOJ agreed to credit up to $61,425,000 of the fine for what the company will pay South African authorities for violations of South African law related to the same conduct alleged in the information. The DOJ noted both McKinsey and McKinsey Africa's cooperation and remediation. 

12月5日，美国司法部指控麦肯锡非洲公司涉嫌策划违反《反海外腐败法》的反贿赂规定。当天，麦肯锡及其非洲子公司与司法部达成了暂缓起诉协议。作为和解的一部分，麦肯锡非洲公司将支付超过1.2亿美元的罚款，并承诺在未来三年内定期向司法部汇报其反腐败合规情况。此外，司法部表示将根据该公司向南非当局支付的相关法律违规费用，减免部分罚款。司法部肯定了两家公司在调查过程中的配合及采取的补救措施。

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