South Korean officials announced Monday that President Lee Myung-bak plans to pardon former Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee on tax fraud charges he was convicted of in 2008. Lee had faced...
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Korea appeals court affirms sentence and fine for ex-Samsung CEO
The Seoul High Court Friday affirmed a suspended three-year prison sentence and fine for former Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee , but cleared Lee of a conviction for breach of trust. According...
The Seoul Central District Court Wednesday suspended a three-year prison sentence for former Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee , who was convicted of tax fraud. The court ruled that Lee should not serve prison time...
Samsung CEO indicted for alleged tax evasion, breach of trust
South Korean prosecutors on Thursday charged Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee with breach of trust and tax evasion, but decided not to charge him based on accusations that Samsung maintained a $200 million slush...
South Korea prosecutors question Samsung CEO over corruption allegations
South Korean prosecutors Friday questioned Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee about allegations of corruption, including accusations that Samsung maintained a $200 million slush fund to bribe prosecutors, judges and civil servants. Former Samsung lawyer...
South Korea court upholds convictions of Samsung execs for illegal stock trading
A South Korean appellate court Tuesday upheld the conviction of two Samsung executives connected with illegal stock trading . Tae-Hak Huh and Ro-Bin Park were convicted of breach of duty in 2005 for selling a controlling...
Sixth Samsung executive pleads guilty to computer memory price-fixing
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a Korean executive at Samsung Electronics has pleaded guilty to a large conspiracy that fixed the price of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), affecting...
Thirty-eight US states and Samsung Electronics agreed Tuesday to a $90 million settlement, pending court approval, to resolve allegations that Samsung fixed prices and engaged in other anticompetitive activities in the market for DRAM memory chips for...
Samsung execs pleading guilty to price-fixing of computer chips
Three Samsung executives agreed to plead guilty Wednesday for conspiring to drive up the prices in the market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips. The three South Koreans will serve jail sentences...
Samsung , the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, has pleaded guilty to criminal antitrust charges and was ordered pay a $300 million fine, the second largest fine in a criminal antitrust case, for conspiring...