US charges tycoon Gautam Adani with defrauding investors, hiding plan to bribe Indian officials
NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U. S. on charges he duped investors by concealing that his company's huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Gautam Adani, 62, was charged in a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The case involves a lucrative arrangement for Adani Green Energy Ltd. and to...
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