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Last updated - February 10, 2026
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GFG Alliance has faced intense scrutiny amid allegations of multi-billion dollar fraud, with a 2018 dossier claiming Sanjeev Gupta was a “clear participant” in schemes involving trades that were “simply fake,” triggering ongoing Serious Fraud Office probes into suspected fraud, fraudulent trading, and money laundering tied to its collapsed lender Greensill Capital.
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Medium Risk
Based on the available data, we suggest consumers approach this Company with caution.
This advisory is based on a medium-risk score derived from OSINT, Adverse Media, Reviews, and Risk Factors identified in our research.
You may face moderate risks when engaging in consumer-related activities with this entity.
High Risk
Based on the available data, we recommend that employees exercise extreme caution or reconsider association with this Company.
This advisory stems from an aggregate risk score compiled from OSINT, Adverse Media, Reviews, and Risk Factors uncovered in our analysis.
You are likely to face significant risks by pursuing or maintaining employment with this entity.
Based on the available data, we urge investors and bankers to avoid financial involvement with this Company.
This advisory is informed by an aggregate risk score based on OSINT, Adverse Media, Reviews, and Risk Factors identified through our investigation.
Engaging in investment or lending activities with this entity poses a substantial risk to your financial interests.
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Enhanced Due Diligence required
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Monitor adverse media every 6 months
File SAR (Suspicious Activity Report) is warranted
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Allegations include suspected fraud, fraudulent trading, and money laundering linked to financing with Greensill Capital, such as potentially fake invoices and dubious transactions.
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office continues probing suspected fraud, fraudulent trading, and money laundering in its dealings with Greensill since 2021, with no charges filed yet but documents seized from offices.
Insolvencies like Whyalla steelworks administration in 2025 due to unpaid royalties and defaults, plus audit failures involving related-party risks and source-of-funds concerns.
Sanjeev Gupta and others face prosecutions for failing to file accounts for over 70 companies, plus winding-up orders and civil disputes over unpaid obligations.
Recent social media views it as “suss” with murky government deals, financial troubles across global businesses, and accusations of pocketing public funds via shell-like structures.
Opaque structures, unusual funding, accounting “red flags,” and banks avoiding involvement post-Greensill collapse due to fraud fears and concentration risks.
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Romanian authorities probe an alleged $300M CO₂ emissions fraud linked to Gupta-controlled Liberty Steel and related entities.
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Bloomberg reports a dossier claimed Sanjeev Gupta was central to multi-billion-dollar fraudulent trades warned to Credit Suisse.
Liberty Steel and Sanjeev Gupta face a Romanian embezzlement investigation after prosecutor raids, with the company denying wrongdoing.
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Faced allegations of scamming others
Allegedly sold fake silver
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Looking at the overall risk profile, GFG Alliance is marked high risk for investors and employees, and the report even suggests avoiding financial involvement. That is a very strong warning for such a large company. Continuous investigations, negative media reports, and financial controversies over the years make the company look unstable from a risk and compliance perspective, and this would make many investors very cautious before doing any business with them.
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