--- title: "US SEC settles civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire Adani subject to court approval" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286482204.md" description: "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has settled a civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, pending court approval. Additionally, the Justice Department is reportedly close to dropping related criminal fraud charges against Adani, who has pledged to invest $10 billion in the U.S. economy." datetime: "2026-05-14T23:49:38.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/286482204.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286482204.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/286482204.md) --- # US SEC settles civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire Adani subject to court approval WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. ‌Securities and ‌Exchange Commission on Thursday ​settled a civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam ‌Adani, ⁠subject to court approval, court ⁠records showed. The Justice Department ​is ​close ​to dropping ‌related criminal fraud charges against Adani, who has promised to invest $10 ‌billion in ​the ​U.S. ​economy, according ‌to two sources ​familiar ​with the matter. (Reporting by Kanishka ​Singh, ‌Jonathan Stempel and ​Bhargav Acharya ​in Washington) ## Related News & Research - [Stephens Investment Management Group LLC Buys 358,791 Shares of Amprius Technologies, Inc. $AMPX](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286745271.md) - [Scott Jennings voices concern over Trump's $1.7B DOJ fund](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286922300.md) - [JD Vance Says Hunter Biden Is 'Welcome' To Seek Payout From DOJ's $1.8 Billion 'Slush Funds'—'The President...Has Pardoned..'](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287054505.md) - [Oops! Someone Forgot To Tell Jeanine Pirro About Trump's $1.8B J6 Slush Fund](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286831031.md) - [Blanche won't rule out Trump 'weaponization' fund payouts to January 6 rioters who assaulted police](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286947179.md)