Overview

• Anurag Bajpayee, CEO of Gradiant and MIT graduate, was arrested in early 2025 during a sting operation targeting a luxury brothel near Harvard University.
• The high-end brothel charged up to $600 per hour and maintained detailed client records, now central to ongoing criminal hearings known as 'The Cambridge Brothel Hearings.'
• Bajpayee is one of over 30 prominent individuals, including executives, doctors, and public officials, accused of engaging with the brothel's services.
• Gradiant, a billion-dollar wastewater treatment company co-founded by Bajpayee, has issued a statement expressing confidence in the justice system and support for its CEO.
• The investigation also raises broader concerns about sex trafficking and the legal accountability of influential figures involved in such illicit operations.