DCW Monthly: March 2026
This month’s content highlights a familiar reality in letter of credit law & practice: structure alone does not guarantee
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In Trafigura PTE Ltd. v. Gupta[[1]], a London High Court ruled in favor of Trafigura in its USD 500 million lawsuit against businessman Prateek Gupta over fake nickel cargoes. Now the commodities trader will turn its attention to recovery from the man who orchestrated a fraudulent scheme in which he and entities he controlled agreed to provide high-quality 99.8% pure nickel but instead delivered low-value and worthless materials.
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