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The Carlyle Group controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2001

    Scrutiny over bin Laden family investment relationship

    Media reports highlighted that members of the bin Laden family had invested in Carlyle-managed funds before the September 11 attacks. The family later liquidated its Carlyle holdings. The relationship became a subject of political and documentary scrutiny because of Carlyle's government and defense connections.