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印度亿万富翁高塔姆·阿达尼出席2024年11月30日在印度斋浦尔举行的第51届珠宝首饰颁奖典礼。路透社/特约摄影师/资料图片
- 检方指控阿达尼为太阳能项目行贿，阿达尼否认相关指控
- 阿达尼与其侄子就美国证券交易委员会相关民事欺诈案支付1800万美元和解金，双方均否认存在不当行为
- 阿达尼的律师辩称美国对本案缺乏管辖权且证据不足
5月15日（路透社）——据两位知情人士透露，美国司法部即将撤销对印度亿万富翁高塔姆·阿达尼的刑事欺诈指控。阿达尼此前承诺向美国经济投资100亿美元。
阿达尼于周四就美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提起的相关民事欺诈诉讼达成和解，该诉讼指控其存在向印度政府官员行贿的阴谋，和解仍需法院批准。
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其中一位知情人士表示，在撤销刑事指控的可能性出现之前，阿达尼的律师罗伯特·朱弗拉——同时也是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的私人律师——于上月向司法部官员提交陈述时称，案件未了结期间，阿达尼无法兑现该投资承诺。
阿达尼曾公开承诺，在特朗普赢得2024年大选后，将向美国投资上述金额并创造1.5万个就业岗位。
该匿名消息人士称，朱弗拉在其长达100页的陈述书中用大部分篇幅辩称本案证据薄弱，因为美国缺乏管辖权且证据不足。朱弗拉在上月针对SEC平行民事案件的法庭文件中也提出了类似主张。
其中一位消息人士称，部分检察官明确表示，100亿美元投资不会影响本案的处理结果。目前尚不清楚其他官员是否持不同看法。
美国司法部未立即回应置评请求。
彭博新闻社率先报道了美国司法部即将驳回阿达尼案件的消息。
这是特朗普任内的司法部继民主党前任总统乔·拜登任期内提起的备受瞩目的刑事案件之后，又一起拟撤销的案件。
2024年11月，布鲁克林联邦检察官起诉阿达尼，指控其密谋向印度政府官员支付约2.65亿美元贿赂，以使旗下公司获得印度最大太阳能发电厂的开发许可。
检方称，阿达尼及其所谓的同谋通过向贷款方和投资者隐瞒其腐败行为，筹集了逾30亿美元的贷款和债券。
阿达尼集团称这些指控“毫无根据”。
相关民事欺诈案件亦达成和解
法庭记录显示，阿达尼还面临SEC发起的一起相关民事欺诈诉讼，该证券监管机构于周四就该案达成和解，仍需法院批准。高塔姆·阿达尼的侄子萨加尔·阿达尼同样面临SEC的民事指控。
法庭记录显示，阿达尼与其侄子将支付1800万美元民事罚款，双方均不承认或否认存在任何不当行为。
阿达尼绿色能源公司（ADNA.NS）在一份声明中称，两人与SEC已向纽约一家法院提交最终判决申请，目前正等待法院裁决。
阿达尼家族的律师上月表示，当事人否认存在任何足以支持SEC所指控行贿阴谋的可信证据。
他们称，阿达尼家族未参与此次融资，且不存在任何欺诈意图或过失，因此应驳回起诉。
他们还称SEC的指控“不恰当地域外适用”，称阿达尼家族及所有被指控的不当行为均发生在印度，且相关债券从未在美国交易所交易。
据《福布斯》杂志报道，现年63岁的阿达尼身家达820亿美元，是全球最富有的人之一。
另有纽约的露西·科恩与班加罗尔的阿努莎·沙阿补充报道；斯科特·默多克撰稿。安迪·沙利文、林肯·菲斯特与约翰·迈尔编辑。
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US set to drop criminal fraud case against India’s Gautam Adani, sources say, as deal reached in civil case
2026-05-15 02:34:29 UTC / Reuters
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Andrew Goudsward
May 15, 2026 2:34 AM UTC Updated 5 mins ago
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani attends the 51st Gems and Jewellery Awards in Jaipur, India, November 30, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
- Prosecutors alleged Adani paid bribes for solar project, Adani denies allegations
- Adani and nephew settle related SEC civil fraud case for $18 million, deny wrongdoing
- Adani’s lawyers had argued U.S. lacked jurisdiction and evidence
May 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is close to dropping criminal fraud charges against Gautam Adani, an Indian billionaire who has promised to invest $10 billion in the U.S. economy, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Adani on Thursday also resolved a related civil fraud lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over an alleged scheme to bribe Indian government officials, subject to court approval.
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The possible dismissal of the criminal charges comes after Adani’s lawyer, Robert Giuffra, who is also a personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, told Justice Department officials in a presentation last month that Adani could not make that investment while the case was proceeding, one of the sources said.
Adani had publicly promised to invest that amount and create 15,000 jobs in the U.S. after Trump’s victory in the 2024 election.
Giuffra spent the bulk of his 100-page presentation arguing the case was weak because it did not have proper jurisdiction and lacked evidence, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Giuffra made a similar argument in court filings in the parallel SEC case last month.
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Some prosecutors made clear that the $10 billion investment would not affect the case, one of the sources said. It’s unclear if others saw it differently.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Bloomberg News first reported that the Justice Department was close to dismissing Adani’s case.
It is the latest example of Trump’s Justice Department seeking to abandon a high-profile criminal case brought by federal prosecutors during the tenure of his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.
In November 2024, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged Adani over an alleged scheme in which they said he agreed to pay about $265 million in bribes to Indian government officials so his company could win approval to develop India’s largest solar power plant.
Adani and his alleged co-conspirators raised more than $3 billion in loans and bonds by hiding their corruption from lenders and investors, prosecutors said.
The Adani Group has called the allegations “baseless.”
RELATED CIVIL FRAUD CASE ALSO RESOLVED
Adani also faced a related SEC civil fraud lawsuit, which the securities regulator settled on Thursday subject to court approval, court records showed. Sagar Adani, the nephew of Gautam Adani, was also facing the SEC civil claims.
Adani and his nephew would pay civil penalties of $18 million, though neither would admit or deny any wrongdoing, the court records showed.
Adani Green Energy (ADNA.NS) said in a statement the two men and the SEC had filed with a New York court for the entry of a final judgement, which was now being awaited.
The Adanis’ lawyers last month said their clients disputed there was any credible evidence supporting the bribery scheme alleged by the SEC.
They said the Adanis’ lack of involvement in the offering, and the absence of any intent to defraud or negligence, supported a dismissal.
They also called the SEC claims “impermissibly extraterritorial,” reflecting how the Adanis and all alleged misconduct were in India, and the bonds were never traded on a U.S. exchange.
The 63-year-old Adani is worth $82 billion, according to Forbes magazine, making him one of the world’s richest people.
Additonal reporting by Luc Cohen in New York and Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; writing by Scott Murdoch. Editing by Andy Sullivan, Lincoln Feast and John Mair.
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