Gautam Adani, one of the world's richest people, was indicted in a New York federal court on charges regarding an alleged bribery and fraud scheme. An Adani Group spokesperson said the allegations made by the U.

The billionaire chair of the Indian conglomerate and one of the world's richest people has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, Gautam Adani, has been indicted in the U.S. over an alleged scheme to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and conceal the scheme from American investors, prosecutors said on Wednesday.