Adani, 62, one of Asia’s richest men, was thrust into the spotlight last week when U.S. prosecutors in New York charged him and seven of his associates with securities fraud.

Federal prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the billionaire head of the Adani Group and his nephew Sagar, alleging they participated in a $265 million scheme to bribe Indian officials to secure power-supply deals.

Gautam Adani, 62, along with the seven other defendants were accused of paying about $265 million in bribes to Indian government officials.

This account of how the alleged scheme unfolded is drawn from federal prosecutors' 54-page criminal indictment of Adani and seven of his associates and two parallel civil SEC complaints.

Adani has been charged by U.S. federal prosecutors with defrauding investors for a solar energy project in India.

Gautam Adani indicted in U.S for alleged solar-related bribery scheme Gautam Adani faces an indictment in the United States over claims it led a scheme to bribe Indian officials to secure multibillion-dollar solar contracts. The charges allege the group concealed its actions while seeking capital from U.S. and global investors.

Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group 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,