US seeks to drop criminal charges against Adani

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May 19

Over the past year and a half, the Adani Group had consistently denied the allegations and none of the defendants had appeared in court over the DOJ’s charges.(May 19): The US Justice Department (DOJ)...

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Those allegations had involved the company’s purchases of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that originated from Iran. \nTogether with last week’s move by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle a civil fraud case against Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani for US$18 million, the combined US actions were the culmination of months of behind-the-scenes negotiations and manoeuvring by Asia’s richest man and his cadres. They also marked a stark reversal by American officials on two high-profile legal cases brought at the end of the Biden administration, and could set the stage for a comeback by the 63-year-old tycoon.\nThis “removes a big regulatory overhang on the Adani Group”, said Shriram Subramanian, the founder and managing director of InGovern Research Services, a proxy advisory and corporate governance firm based in India. “More importantly, it paves the way for settlement of other regulatory scrutiny.”\n\nIndian markets were rocked in November 2024 when US prosecutors alleged that Adani and other defendants helped drive a US$250 million bribery scheme in India to lock in solar-power contracts. The DOJ had claimed that Adani and others promised bribes to Indian government officials to win solar energy contracts, and concealed the plan as they sought to raise money from US investors. The conglomerate has multiple listed companies in India, and some of its units have also issued US dollar bonds. \nUS prosecutors said in a court filing on Monday that following a review, they had decided “not to devote further resources to these criminal charges against individual defendants”. \nAdani Green Energy said in a stock exchange filing that prosecutors had moved to dismiss charges against Gautam Adani, as well as its executives Sagar Adani and Vneet S Jaain, and other individuals. It said the US DOJ sought a dismissal of the case with prejudice, meaning the charges can’t be refiled.\nThe judge overseeing the case will review the motion. A spokesperson for US attorney’s office in Brooklyn declined to comment. \nThe Adani Group’s listed companies lost almost US$42 billion in combined market value following the US prosecutors’ charges in November 2024. As a group, they have more than recouped those losses, though some companies, including Adani Enterprises and Adani Green Energy, have yet to fully recover. Dollar bonds of some Adani Group companies have also recouped their earlier losses. \nOn Tuesday, Adani Enterprises’ shares gained as much as 3.2% in Mumbai trading, taking their gains for the year to more than 22%. The flagship unit’s stock is on pace for its first annual gain since 2022. \nInvestment pledges \nOver the past year and a half, the Adani Group had consistently denied the allegations and none of the defendants had appeared in court over the DOJ’s charges. The case was effectively stalled as a result. \nBut even though the case wasn’t progressing, it had political and financial repercussions for Adani and limited the fundraising avenues for the group’s companies.\nTo fight the criminal and civil cases, Adani built a political influence operation in the US that included white-shoe law firms and lobbyists. He also sought to build up goodwill with the Trump administration. \nShortly after Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election and before the DOJ and SEC unveiled their cases, Adani congratulated the US president and pledged to invest US$10 billion in US energy and infrastructure projects.\nMore recently, the conglomerate discussed plans to triple that pledge to US$30 billion, focusing on sectors including data centres, infrastructure and green energy. But the investments were unlikely to start until the companies had more clarity on their US legal issues, said people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private conversations.\nThe Adani Group has now battled several crises dating back to early 2023, when US-based short seller Hindenburg Research released a lengthy and scathing report accusing Adani and his companies of fraud, causing a steep sell-off in their shares. Adani strongly denied those allegations. \n\nThe end of the US legal threats could make investors more comfortable buying the companies’ shares and bonds again, said Deven Choksey, the managing director of DRChoksey FinServ. He sees as much as 19% upside for the shares of Adani Enterprises, which has a market capitalisation of around US$36 billion. The group is also likely to regain access to the international loan and capital markets, said debt research firm CreditSights. \nAdani Enterprises had faced a maximum civil penalty of US$384.2 million from Treasury’s OFAC, but the settlement amount ended up being lower. \nThe company had said earlier this year that it received a request for information related to transactions that may have involved Iran. It had purchased LPG starting in 2023 from a Dubai-based trader that purported to supply Omani and Iraqi gas for imports into India, but the shipments had actually originated from Iran, the OFAC said. 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