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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG alleged to have ‘misappropriated’ funds in Romania

GFG Alliance flag
GFG Alliance has launched legal action against the US private equity firm American Industrial Partners. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters

The French government has grounds to believe that Sanjeev’s Gupta’s GFG Alliance has “misappropriated” funds from a steel plant in Romania, according to court documents in a case involving one of the metal magnate’s companies.

Gupta has launched legal action in London in a last-ditch attempt to reclaim a vast aluminium smelter in Dunkirk, northern France, after its takeover by a US private equity firm, American Industrial Partners (AIP). GFG has been under intense financial pressure since the collapse of its main lender, Greensill Capital.

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