INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI CHARGED IN U. S. FOR ALLEGED BRIBERY, FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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  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

EFCC ARRAIGNED GOMBE BOARD OF INTERNAL REVENUE OVER N47M FRAUD.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      The EFCC Gombe Zonal office arraigned one Aishatu Yakubu, Mohammed Musa Mohammed, Wesley Kumusa Audu and Mijinyawa Sani Labaran before Justice Nehizena I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court, Gombe on twenty five (25) count charges bordering on Conspiracy, Obtaining Money by False Pretence and Money laundering. The defendants in their capacities as former Executive Director, Admin and Finance; Executive Director, Tax Operation; Executive Director Tax and Audit and Executive Director Non Tax Operations respectively, allegedly connived among themselves to pay several allowances and benefits which amounted to N47million without government approval. They also raised fictitious contracts for which payments were released and diverted for their personal use. These payments were allegedly made from the national plate number account of the Board which is meant for remittance into the state IGR account.
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