[4] Later, he assisted Gautam Adani in the diamond trade and the import-export sector, overseeing international shipments from Jebel Ali Port.
[13] In 2014, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence of India accused Vinod Adani of involvement in a scheme to inflate the cost of imported power machinery to evade taxes and divert approximately $900 million to a Mauritius-based company linked to him.
[4] The investigation was later expanded to include allegations of price inflation in imported coal to increase charges for power supply to Indian electricity distribution companies.
[4][16] The report identified 38 shell entities in Mauritius and additional companies in Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and several Caribbean islands controlled by Vinod Adani or his associates.
[4] Further investigation by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg revealed a Singapore-based company associated with Vinod Adani, Abbot Point Port Holdings Pte.