The Adani Group has consistently denied wrongdoing. | Photo Credit: AMIT DAVE

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* Adani was charged in ‌2024 ⁠with agreeing to bribe Indian government officials ⁠so a subsidiary of his Adani Group could win approval to develop a solar plant, and then misleading ​U.S. investors by providing ‌reassuring information about his company's anti-corruption practices.

* In a letter to Brooklyn-based U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, Adani's lawyer, Robert Giuffra, wrote ‌that the case should be dismissed because ​it was beyond the reach of U.S. law and because the prosecutors would ⁠not be able to prove the alleged bribery in India.

* Adani Group has consistently denied ‌wrongdoing.

* Garaufis must sign off on the dismissal of the case.

* Giuffra wrote that the Justice Department's decision to drop the indictment came after "months of detailed and extensive communications and meetings with counsel" for Adani ‌and his co-defendants.

* Giuffra also urged Garaufis to formally ​dismiss civil charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the regulator ⁠reached a settlement in which Adani would pay $6 million ⁠and his nephew, Sagar Adani, would pay $12 million.

* Adani Enterprises Limited has ‌separately agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury Department $275 million to settle alleged violations of Iran ​sanctions.

Published on June 25, 2026