Cambridge Analytica files for voluntary bankruptcy in US: Court filings

The firm, whose attorney filed on Wednesday, announced early May that it would close and file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal.

Traffic, including red London busses, passes the shared building which houses the offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London. | AFP

NEW YORK: Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York, court filings showed.

The firm, whose attorney filed on Wednesday, announced early May that it would close and file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal.

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