US judge dismisses criminal case against Indian billionaire Adani
The judge questioned whether a $10 billion U.S. investment pledge was tied to the dismissal after prosecutors said the case was too foreign and hard to prove.
- On Monday, Brooklyn-based U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, following a Justice Department request to abandon the fraud and bribery prosecution.
- The Justice Department announced on May 18 it would no longer pursue the case, with senior official Trent McCotter stating in July that charges against the Adani Group were foreign, hard to prove, and inconsistent with agency priorities.
- Before granting dismissal, Garaufis criticized the agency's "bland and conclusory" announcement as lacking sufficient information, while asking Adani whether he was "aware of any agreement exchanging anything for the dismissal of the indictment."
- Adani acknowledged a prior $10 billion investment pledge in the United States, stating his lawyers told the Justice Department the offer "might be part of a resolution of these matters."
- This marks another high-profile white-collar case dropped during Republican President Donald Trump's second term, though legal experts note judges have little discretion to force prosecutors to continue a case they wish to abandon.
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A federal judge in the United States rejected the criminal corruption case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, putting an end to one of the most important legal problems faced by the businessman in the United States. However, the judge criticized how the Justice Department decided to drop the charges, calling certain irregularities worrying, says CNBC.
(New York = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Ji-heon = A U.S. federal court judge, at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, [conducts] a criminal investigation into Guatham Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group and India's wealthiest man...
US judge dismisses charges against Gautam Adani
A US judge has officially dismissed the criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, effectively closing a high-profile bribery and fraud case, the BBC reported. US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis approved the Justice Department’s request to drop the charges on Monday, in a ruling that marks a major turn in the legal proceedings against one of India’s most prominent businessmen. The charges, which originated in 2024, centered on al…
A U.S. judge has ordered the dismissal of bribery and fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gotham Adani at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, but noted that the dismissal process was highly “unusual.”
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