NACDL - United States v. Adani et al.

United States v. Adani et al.

Defendant, Gautam Adani, a very wealthy Indian national, and seven of his associates in his business were charged in October 2024 under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with conspiracy to pay bribes to secure lucrative solar contracts in India. In May 2026, the Department of Justice decided to abandon the criminal prosecution of the defendants and others. The defendants simultaneously settled a parallel SEC enforcement action by paying a fine of $18 million and a separate investigation by the Treasury Department relating to alleged violations of Iran sanctions with a $275 million fine.

Case Details

Case No.: 1:24-cr-00433
Case Filed: October 24, 2024
Jurisdiction: E.D.N.Y.
Charges: 18 U.S.C. 371, 18 U.S.C. 1512, 15 U.S.C. 78dd, 15 U.S.C. 78j
Case Outcome: Dismissal with Prejudice
Judge: Garaufis, Nicholas G.
Defendant(s): Adani, Gautam S.; Adani, Sagar R.; Jaain Ranjit Gupta, Vneet S.; Cabanes, Cyril; Agarwal, Saurabh; Agarwal, Deepak Malhotra Rupesh
Defense Attorney: Giuffra, Robert J.

Key Topics in the Case

Pretrial Dismissal

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Case Files

ECF: 1 - 10/24/24 - Government - Indictment

Indictment

a-gov-uscourts-nyed-522760-1-0.pdf
ECF: 23 - 05/18/26 - Government - Motion to Dismis

Motion to Dismiss

b-gov-uscourts-nyed-522760-23-0.pdf
ECF: 35 - 06/24/26 - Defense - Other

Defense letter memorandum supporting the government's motion to dismiss with prejudice

c-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-35-0_2.pdf
ECF: 36 - 06/26/26 - Court - Court Orders

Memorandum and Order relating to government's motion to dismiss

d-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-36-0.pdf
ECF: 37 - 07/04/26 - Government - Miscellaneous

Government response to Order requesting additional information to support motion to dismiss

e-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-37-0.pdf
ECF: 38 - 07/08/26 - Court - Court Orders

Requiring information from defendant Gautam Adani

f-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-38-0.pdf
ECF: 40 - 07/15/26 - Defense - Miscellaneous

Letter from Defense with accompanying affidavit/declarations

g-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-40-0.pdf
ECF: 40 - 07/15/26 - Defense - Miscellaneous

Affidavit of defendant Gautam Adani

h-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-40-1.pdf
ECF: 40 - 07/15/26 - Defense - Miscellaneous

Declaration of Robert Giuffra

i-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-40-2.pdf
ECF: 45 - 07/15/26 - Court - Court Orders

Requesting information from US Attorney Nocella

j-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-45-0.pdf
k-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-40-2.pdf

k-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-40-2.pdf
ECF: 47 - 07/17/26 - Government - Miscellaneous

Declaration of US Attorney Nocella

l-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-47-0.pdf
ECF: 49 - 08/10/26 - Court - Memorandum Opinion and Order

Dismissing with prejudice count 2-4, reserving as to counts 1 and 5.

m-gov-uscourts-nyed-522756-49-0.pdf

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