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[–] mlg 7 points 6 hours ago

Adani and the other defendants allegedly paid more than $250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain “lucrative solar energy supply contracts with the Indian government.”

Bruh they did this in Pakistan a decade ago and it was probably the smaller of the crimes committed by the political mafia lol (of which practically no one served any meaningful time in jail).

[–] Yawweee877h444 62 points 13 hours ago

"Billionaire" and "fraud" go together like "sky" and "blue".

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 hours ago

Almost like the only way to get that much money isn’t by working hard but by cheating others out of it. Man if only we had a machine to take care of things like this. I know the French do

[–] Carvex 47 points 13 hours ago

He'll be nominated for Secretary of the Treasury soon

[–] [email protected] 31 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

So 20 min community service? That's the standard now.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Forcing people convicted of financial crimes to do community service is a great idea. But like months or years of it. Maybe they'd learn something.

[–] jewbacca117 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Enough community service hours to cover the amount the stole. Paid at minimum wage, of course.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 15 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Sounds like a good way to get the minimum wage to be $50,000 an hour

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

I don't see the problem here

[–] [email protected] 19 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What kind of world are we living in where a guy can’t cheat and extort his way to unimaginable riches and amass enough wealth to capture governments , Can’t live freely without persecution?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

His one flaw is he forgot to be white.

[–] raynethackery 1 points 5 hours ago

I was looking for this comment. Thanks.

[–] Kbobabob 9 points 12 hours ago

Bahahaha, you think he's going to have any consequences.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 14 points 12 hours ago

There are no good billionaires.

[–] cyd 1 points 7 hours ago

Modi isn't going to like this. India-China rapprochement probably incoming.

[–] Lennny 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Ladies and gentlemen, we Gautam