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
According to sources,a 17 year old house maid Esther Abiodun has been arraigned before a Lagos state magistrates court for allegedly pouring hot water on her employer,Alhaja Dupe Iba Agba,while she was asleep.Abiodun was arrested by the police from the Adeniji Adele division,Lagos Island and arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate court on a two count charge of felony to with,unlawful pouring of hot water on her employer's body occasioning grievious bodily harm.The Police prosecutor,Inspector Philip Osijale,informed the court that the accused committed the offence on 14 September 2015 at her employers residence located at 20/21 Osho street,Lagos Island a day after she secured the job as a house maid.The accused boiled hot water,monitored her boss and poured it on her body while she was asleep and in the process she sustained serious burns all over her body including chest,right and left hands.He said the victim was rushed to intensive care unit in a Lagos State hospital where doctors are battling to save her life.During the investigation she confessed that she poured her boss hot water to teach her a lesson for unjustifiable reasons.The Magistrate ordered that the accused be remanded at the Lagos State correctional centre,Idiaraba,Mushin,Lagos till 21 September 2015 for facts sentence.Like seriously,it when she stays more than 10 years in prison then she will realize she did not spoil her madams life but her own.
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