How the 'Madoffs of Manhattan' can unravel billionaire Adani's empire

According to Hindenburg, Adani insiders already own more than 75% of four publicly traded subsidiaries with the aid of offshore shell entities

The bitter battle between the Adani Group and Hindenburg Research is heating up. In a rebuttal to Hindenburg’s claim that Indian tycoon Gautam Adani has overseen the “largest con in corporate history,” the company took on a dramatic tone, calling the New York-based research outfit the “Madoffs of Manhattan.” The activist short-seller’s report, Adani said, was a “calculated attack on India” and its “growth story and ambition.”
 

Never mind that Hindenburg’s founder Nathan Anderson had worked with Harry Markopolos, the analyst who uncovered Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme that robbed investors of as much as $65 billion. If anything, that puts