[7] In September 2015, about 500 Keya Knit Composite Limited workers felt sick after drinking water at the canteen.

[3] The same year Anti-Corruption Commission arrested the Chairperson of Keya Group, Abdul Khaleque Pathan, for allegedly embezzling 1.11 billion taka from Bangladesh Krishi Bank Limited.

[10][11] Financial Reporting Council Bangladesh estimated that Keya Group had laundered more than 10 billion taka through their European subsidiary.

[3] In May 2018, Keya Group signed an agreement with Khulna University to research crab farming in Bangladesh.

[12] Abdul Khaleque Pathan, his wife, Feroza Begum, and son, Tansin Keya, sold two billion taka worth of shares to pay off bank loans in 2018.