Facebook had collected certificates from both the firms in 2016-17 that data collected by them using "thisisyourdigitallife" was accounted for and destroyed.
The notice came after reports that political parties had used the data analytics firm during elections.
The company denies any wrongdoing, but says that the negative media coverage has left it with no clients and mounting legal fees which has forced it to resort to closure.
In a post on Twitter on Wednesday, the 28-year-old also named the Janata Dal-United as a client during the 2010 Bihar elections and brought up some caste surveys carried out in Uttar Pradesh by SCL India -- the parent company of CA.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it will take years for Facebook to fix the problem.
The social media giant promised that news and views will be checked for veracity and pejorative content will be weeded out.
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