Moneylaundering can usually lead right back to you, when they are tired of you. He should have remembered that he's not a member of the club, cause to quote Paul Mooney " He doesn't have the complexion for the protection"
Suspicion is creating chaos in the empire built by the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, who since last year has become the richest man in Asia.
Adani, 60, saw his fortune jump by more than $40 billion last year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. While the fortunes of a number of tech billionaires were melting, this leap propelled him into the elite holders of the world's biggest fortunes..
He managed to rank as the second richest person behind Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO. He fell back to finish the year in third place. And he's currently the fourth richest person in the world with a net wealth valued at $113 billion as of Jan. 26, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Now, as he tries to establish himself on the world stage, observers can expect his wealth to dwindle further. That's because for the past two days he's been caught up in what appears to be a nightmare.
Short-Seller Hindenburg's Allegations
The New York investment firm Hindenburg Research has announced that it shorted stocks of the Andani conglomerate through U.S.-traded bonds and non-Indian-traded derivative instruments.
This means that Hindenburg Research, a well-known short-seller, is betting on a short-term drop in the prices of these equities.
The short-seller explains that the bet stems from alleged illegal practices on the part of the Indian tycoon's conglomerate.
"We have uncovered evidence of brazen accounting fraud, stock manipulation and money laundering at Adani, taking place over the course of decades," Hindenburg wrote in a report.
"Adani has pulled off this gargantuan feat with the help of enablers in government and a cottage industry of international companies that facilitate these activities."
The report describes a galaxy of shell entities based in tax havens -- the Caribbean, Mauritius and the United Arab Emirates -- controlled by the Adani family.
"The Adani Group has previously been the focus of 4 major government fraud investigations which have alleged money laundering, theft of taxpayer funds and corruption, totaling an estimated U.S. $17 billion," Hindenburg said.
"Adani family members allegedly cooperated to create offshore shell entities in tax-haven jurisdictions like Mauritius, the UAE, and Caribbean Islands, generating forged import/export documentation in an apparent effort to generate fake or illegitimate turnover and to siphon money from the listed companies."
The Adani Empire responded in two separate statements, one the day after the report was released and the other the following day. It rejects all these accusations and threatens to resort to the legal process to defend itself.
"The report is a malicious combination of selective misinformation and stale, baseless and discredited allegations that have been tested and rejected by India’s highest courts," commented Jugeshinder Singh, Adani Group's chief financial officer, in a statement on Jan. 25.
Adani Threatens 'Punitive Action' in Court
"The maliciously mischievous, unresearched report published by Hindenburg Research on 24 Jan 2023 has adversely affected the Adani Group, our shareholders and investors," said Adani Group's head of legal, Jatin Jalundhwala, in another statement on Jan. 26.
"We are deeply disturbed by this intentional and reckless attempt by a foreign entity to mislead the investor community and the general public, undermine the goodwill and reputation of the Adani Group and its leaders, and sabotage the [Follow-on Public Offering] from Adani Enterprises.
"We are evaluating the relevant provisions under US and Indian laws for remedial and punitive action against Hindenburg Research," he continued.
Hindenburg is doubling down.
"Regarding the company's threats of legal action, to be clear, we would welcome it," the short-seller reacted. "We fully stand by our report and believe any legal action taken against us would be meritless."
"If Adani is serious, it should also file suit in the U.S. where we operate. We have a long list of documents we would demand in a legal discovery process."
Market Rout in Adani Company Shares
In the meantime, Adani companies are seeing a stock-market rout. Over the past two trading sessions, the Adani empire has lost a total of $51 billion in market capitalization, according to Bloomberg News.
Adani Enterprises, the flagship of this empire, for example, lost nearly a fifth (more than 19%) of its value on Friday. Units like Adani Green Energy and Adani Total Gas plunged 20%, the daily limit allowed. Adani Power lost 5%. Adani Port’s share price dropped 13.8% and Adani Transmission fell 19.47%.
The sales of shares in Adani-related entities were widespread, with large trading volumes. The companies are listed on Mumbai.
Friday's falls follow those of Wednesday, the first session after Hindenburg published its report. India's stock market was closed on Thursday, Jan. 26.
This stock-market rout also affects Gautam Adani's fortune. According to Bloomberg, this wealth should drop below $100 billion once the calculations are made by Jan. 27. It would be around $93 billion. At this level, Adani would have lost about $26 billion of his fortune since the publication of the Hindenburg report.
The billionaire has left his lieutenants to manage the crisis for the moment. He continues to take care of his profile on the world stage. Adani has published a photo of him with the Egyptian president on Jan. 26.
"An honour to have met HE President Sisi and his ministers on his visit to India and hear from him about his ambitious development plans for Egypt," the billionaire wrote on Twitter. "Great possibilities in the Ports and Logistics, Energy and Digital sectors. We look forward to engaging."
Unsurprisingly, most Twitter commentators were asking him to respond to the allegations of fraud made by Hindenburg.
"It's good that you're flying high and spending the wings but do clarify the allegations by #HindenburgReport," commented one Twitter user.
Fitch Assesses Adani Group
Last August, the CreditSights subsidiary of Fitch Ratings warned that the Adani conglomerate was "deeply overleveraged" and may "in the worst-case scenario" spiral into a debt trap.
But two weeks later the credit-rating firm said it discovered that it had made "calculation errors" in two of Adani Group's companies. It corrected its report and removed the words "deeply overleveraged."
"CreditSights' views have not changed from its original report and we still maintain that the group's leverage is elevated," CreditSights concluded.
Adani Group is one of the most valuable companies in India. The firm holds mines, ports and power plants. It owns a dozen commercial ports and is present in coal, electricity and renewable energy. It also has diversified into airports, data centers and defense.
The company also recently entered the cement sector by buying assets of cement manufacturer Holcim in India and is also looking to set up an aluminum factory.
Adani has grown the group by acquiring companies with debt.
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How much information from Unlimited Void has Megumi suffered?
I sat down and calculated the information/damage that Megumi had to go through because Sukuna had him shoulder the adaption of Mahoraga's wheel while inside the Domain Clashes (DC).
Relevant Information from Gojo's Domain Expension in Shibuya: it lasted 0.2 seconds, forced 6 months worth of information into non-sorcerers' brains and had them in a two month coma as a result.
1 second of Unlimited Void = 30 months of information
During their DCs, which happened 5 times, Gojo's sure-hit effect enveloped the entire domain while Sukuna's SH enveloped the entire domain except himself. This led to Sukuna being hit 5 times by UV but because he used the Ten Shadows Technique as a medium, he was able to redirect UV onto Megumi, making him the target of the SH.
How many seconds of UV was that? For the last three DCs we have concrete numbers, the first two are estimates by me:
DC: 20 seconds
DC: 120 seconds
DC: 189 seconds (3m9s, counted by Mei-Mei)
DC: 189 seconds (3m9s)
DC: 160 seconds (told by the narrator)
In total, Megumi was hit definitively by UV for 538s with an estimated 140s on top. Therefore, the months of information that was fed to him are: 16,140 months (definitive) + 4200 months (estimate). In years, these are 1,345 years (definitive) and 350 years (estimate).
Megumi was hit by Unlimited Void with about 1700 years worth of information
That's the amount damage Megumi had to shoulder so that Sukuna could adapt Mahoraga to UV and protect himself. But because Megumi was only a soul at that point, he didn't die. We know that curse brains suffer less from UV than human brains, so a soul on its own most likely doesn't come out with lasting damage but only to the *body* of the soul.
What kind of effect this suffering will have on Megumi's mental state is anyone's guess. My personal theory on this is that Megumi will actually be able to understand that infinite amount of information and grow from it instead of receiving brain damage like Sukuna.
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{ ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵃᵐᵉ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ ʰᵒᵐᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗᵃᵏⁱⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵉˣᵃᵐˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶠᵉˡᵗ ᵖʳᵉᵗᵗʸ ˢʰⁱᵗᵗʸ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ⁱᵗ ˢᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ᵈᵉᶜⁱᵈᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ʳᵃᵐᵇˡᵉ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵇᵒʸᶠʳⁱᵉⁿᵈ }
"i want to kill the person who set that paper."
"pfft damn"
y/n stood at the door looking gloomy, it was as though there was a thundercloud floating above her head.
the redhead, trying to stifle his laughter, pats her shoulder in consolation. you were currently staying at karma's house temporarily, so coming home at 7pm after a shitty exam PLUS a 2hr long tuition to your cute and sassy boyfriend was definitely what you needed, but also what you dreaded.
"wasn't it quite easy?"
karma teased with that annoying ass smile on his face. he took your bag from your shoulder and put it on the couch.
"easy for you, smartass."
"i thought it was the easiest paper i've ever done. i finished it in an hour actually"
"ha. ha. keep that up and i'm not going to talk to you anymore"
y/n playfully smacked him on his shoulder and karma chuckled and nodded, agreeing not to tease his girlfriend any longer.
"i can't believe what i studied didn't even come out. what a waste of time.."
y/n sighed as she went to give her boyfriend a hug. she needed to recharge her battery after a long day and feeling his warmth and inhaling the faint scent of his cologne was blissful.
"yeah, you could have spent that time hanging out with me."
karma sulked as he hugged y/n back before pecking her forehead.
"i made you your favourite meal, aren't i such a great boyfriend?"
he gestured to the food that he had prepared on the dining table. y/n's eyes lit up and she smiled, she tiptoed and pecked karma's cheeks as a token of appreciation for cheering her up after her exam.
"you're my lovely and great boyfriend indeed."
"and you are my lovely girlfriend no matter how badly you flunked your exa- ouch"
no matter how bad her days were, returning to their home and to him would immediately turn her days into beautiful ones. ♡
ⁱ ˡⁱᵗᵉʳᵃˡˡʸ ʰᵃᵈ ᵃ ᵇᵃᵈ ᵉˣᵃᵐ ᵗᵈʸ ˢᵒ ⁱ ʷʳᵒᵗᵉ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᵗᵒ ᶜᵒⁿˢᵒˡᵉ ᵐʸˢᵉˡᶠ :''⁾ ᵖˡˢ ʷʰᵉⁿ ᵃⁿᵈ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᶜᵃⁿ ⁱ ᶠⁱⁿᵈ ᵐʸ ᵒʷⁿ ᵏᵃʳᵐᵃ ᵃᵏᵃᵇᵃⁿᵉ, ⁱ ⁿᵉᵉᵈ ʰⁱᵐ ʳⁿ
ʰᵒᵖᵉ ʸᵃˡˡ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗʰⁱˢ !
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i always hear the argument that farming is necessary because animals eat food that humans are not able to eat (grass etc.). And apart from the fact that we cut down a lot of forests to make room for that grazing, it doesn't really hold up, due to the sheer amount of animals we feed. The FAO released a graphic that was eagerly picked up by meat advocates, where they said that only about 14% of animal feed was edible to humans
the thing is, that is 14% of 6 billion tonnes. lets just take the 13% that are grains, and edible for humans.
13 % of 6.000.000.000 is 780.000.000
so 780 million tonnes of grain, edible for humans
that's 780.000.000.000 kg
depending on what grain is used (corn, oats, barley, rye), calories vary a bit, but since we're talking about dried matter, lets say 1 kg has about 3000 calories.
so we have about 2.340.000.000.000.000 calories from grains every year, that we feed to livestock (mainly in rich countries). if we assume that every person needs 2.500 calories a day and add that up to a year, how many people could we feed with those calories every year?
2.564.383.561. over 2. billion. people. obviously we would lose some of that food to waste, obviously people cannot just eat corn, rye and oats. but still. so much food.
"For every 100 calories of grain we feed animals, we get only about 40 new calories of milk, 22 calories of eggs, 12 of chicken, 10 of pork, or 3 of beef." so we are just wasting calories here
if everyone shifted to a plant based diet, we could drastically reduce land use and feed more people
not everyone can shift to a plant based diet right now. but if you live in a high income country you are generally in a very privileged position in which your lifestyle is made possible by exploiting the planetary resources (outside your countries borders) and human lives and going as plant based as you can in your diet might be the single biggest thing you can do to reduce your negative impact on planet earth and the beings who live on it.
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