Adani Enterprises Limited — $275,000,000 OFAC penalty

OFAC published a $275,000,000 civil penalty against Adani Enterprises Limited on 05/18/2026. It is the #10 largest action in OFAC’s 1,052-entry enforcement chart and #1 of the 5 actions published that year.

What OFAC said

ASSETS CONTROL Enforcement Release: May 18, 2026 Adani Enterprises Limited Settles with OFAC for $275,000,000 Related to Apparent Violations of Iran-related Sanctions Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL), a diversified multinational company headquartered in India, has agreed to pay $275,000,000 to settle its potential civil liability for apparent violations of OFAC sanctions on Iran.

Quoted verbatim from OFAC’s enforcement release — read the original.

The record

Entity, as published by OFACAdani Enterprises Limited
Penalty / settlement amount$275,000,000
Date published by OFAC05/18/2026
Aggregate penalties, settlements or findings1
Rank among all published OFAC actions#10 of 1,052
Rank within 2026#1 of 5
Share of 2026 penalty total97.3%
Voluntarily self-disclosedNo
OFAC egregiousness determinationEgregious
Conduct period citedMarch 2023 - February 2024
Sanctions programs named in the releaseIran, Russia, Iraq

Primary source

OFAC enforcement release: 20260518_ael.pdf. This page adds no facts beyond that document and OFAC’s published penalty chart.

Comparable 2026 actions

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Source. U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control — Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information. Retrieved 2026-07-26. Works of the U.S. federal government are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105).

This compilation is published by SanctionsAI under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: SanctionsAI, “OFAC Civil Penalties Database”, 2026, https://sanctionsai.dev/enforcement.

Not legal or compliance advice. This page reproduces figures published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. OFAC’s own enforcement release is the authoritative record; where this page and OFAC differ, OFAC is correct. Consult qualified counsel for advice on any specific matter.