Byju's Founders Slam US Lawsuit as 'Baseless', Accuse Lenders of Conspiracy

New Delhi, Apr 10 (PTI) Founders of Byju's on Thursday slammed allegations by Glas Trust in a recent US lawsuit as completely "baseless and untrue", saying it is a part of their conspiracy to wrestle control of the company through "possible nefarious means".

Founders of the embattled edtech firm, Byju Raveendran, had recently filed an FIR against the former resolution professional (RP), a trustee representing US lenders, and certain EY employees.

"The allegations made by GLAS in the recent lawsuit are completely baseless and untrue. This lawsuit is a part of their conspiracy to wrestle control of BYJU'S through all possible nefarious means," Byju's founders said in a statement, which marks an escalation in the spat between the crisis-ridden edtech firm and GLAS Trust Company, which represents certain lenders.

The statement by the founders further alleged, "It is nothing but yet another cog in the wheel of lies that GLAS, the illegal representative of disqualified lenders in the US, has been rotating for a long time now."

The statement further accused GLAS of resorting to a strategy of allegedly intimidating the founders and management of Byju's for the last two years revolving around filing a "flimsy and frivolous lawsuit in the US" and then peddling it endlessly to "whitewash their criminal and unethical activities in India".


"A signed and verified affidavit that we submitted in the court of Delaware has the details of how the entire USD 1.2 billion loan was spent, to the last dollar. And yet, that affidavit was conveniently ignored and GLAS has continued to raise the question of the so-called missing USD 533 million repeatedly to mislead," the founders said in the statement.

Meanwhile, in response to Byju's FIR, Glas Trust spokesperson, in an emailed statement to PTI, categorically refuted "the baseless and fabricated allegations" levelled by Byju Raveendran. It described Byju's latest allegations as another desperate act to refuse accountability.

"GLAS categorically denies the baseless and fabricated allegations made by Think & Learn's disgraced founder Byju Raveendran who has undertaken a campaign to place blame on everyone but himself.

"Byju's latest allegations should be seen for what they are: yet another desperate and lawless act to refuse accountability for his misconduct, following an extensive judicial process that resulted in T&L being placed into insolvency proceedings and which reinstated GLAS, in its capacity as agent and collateral agent representing the lenders, as the largest financial creditor of T&L," the statement said.

Glas Trust spokesperson further said that "in February 2025, a US Court found that T&L's founders and others were responsible for orchestrating and executing an unlawful scheme that defrauded lenders out of USD 533 million".

GLAS asserted it will take all appropriate steps to continue to vindicate its name and hold Byju and his cohorts accountable for the "harm he has caused to his lenders as well as thousands of T&L's customers and families".