INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI CHARGED IN U. S. FOR ALLEGED BRIBERY, FRAUD. (PHOTO).
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US for alleged bribery, fraud Gautam Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, whose business empire extends from ports and airports to renewable energy,has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, United States prosecutors have said. The authorities on Wednesday charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250m in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts expected to yield $2bn in profits. Prosecutors said the renewable energy company also raised more than $3bn in loans and bonds during this period based on false and misleading statements. Shares of Adani Enterprises, the group's flagship firm, closed down 22% on Thursday. Other group firms also closed in the red. Adani Green Energy, which is the firm at the c
Stephen Keshi who was reportedly listed as an applicant by the Ivorian Football Federation {FIF} along side 58 other coaches denied he ever applied for the job.Emmanuel Ado,Keshi's agent said ''If Keshi is to leave,his contract is explicit on how he can go about it,but he is happy with his job and he is willing to see out his two year contract.We don't know why people are creating crisis where there is none.If Keshi was to apply for the Ivory Coast job,i would be the one to handle it and he never sent Keshi's C.V to the Ivorian Football Federation.I am his official agent and i am the one that would have done that on his behalf if he was interested.I was the one that negotiated Keshi's contract in Togo,Mali,when he was discussing with Equatorial Guinea and here in Nigeria,we know what is his current contract and we are professionals and would not go against a signed agreement''.
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