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
This was contained in a document as far back as 2005.The documents was obtained by the Associated Press and Bill Cosby admitted in the document that he has given the sedative to at least one women and other people.The unsealed files shows Mr Cosby,now 77 year old,made the admission in a sex abuse civil case brought by a woman.The 77 year old comedian was testifying under oath in a law suit filed by a former Temple University employee.He testified he gave her three half pills of Benadryl.Bill Cosby is said to have settled that sexual abuse law suit for undisclosed terms in 2006.Bill Cosby is facing a series of sexual assault accusations,dating back decades.He has denied the claims,though he has never been criminally charged.Most of the claims of sexual assault are barred by statutes o limitations.They restrict the length of time in which legal actions can be taken after an alleged crime has been committed.Mr Cosby's lawyers said that at least two of those accusing the comedian had knowingly taken the sedative.Associated Press went to court to compel the release of the documents,despite objections by Cosby's lawyers that the papers would embarrass their client and reveal personal information.The case was brought by Andrea Constand,a former employee of Temple University the Philadelphia college with which Mr Cosby was once closely associated.
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