PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Investigators searched the offices of U.S. streaming giant Netflix NFLX.O in France and the Netherlands on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering, a French judicial source said. The French ...

Netflix is not the first multinational to come under investigation in France for alleged tax optimization practices. In 2022, McDonald’s agreed to pay $1.36B (€1.25B) to the French authorities to avoid criminal prosecution for tax fraud between 2009 and 2020. Deadline has contacted Netflix for comment on the reports.

PARIS (Reuters) -Investigators searched the offices of U.S. streaming giant Netflix in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering, a French judicial source said on Tuesday.

Prosecutors and police investigators who specialize in fighting fraud and corruption raided Netflix offices in France and the Netherlands on Tuesday, in a probe of suspected financial wrongdoing, judicial officials said.

French and Dutch authorities raided Netflix’s offices in Paris and Amsterdam on Tuesday as part of a tax fraud investigation.

Netflix’s offices in Paris and Amsterdam were searched by tax fraud investigators on Tuesday, according to reports from Reuters and French news agency AFP. A French judicial source told Reuters that the raid was part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering,

Investigators searched the offices of U.S. streaming giant Netflix in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering, a French judicial source said on Tuesday.