Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. and heir to the company, has been found guilty of bribing former President Park Geun-hye in return for support of key Samsung business deals, reports the WSJ.Prosecutors alleged Mr. Lee tried to bribe President Park Geun-hye in return for government backing for key Samsung business deals. Along with bribery, he was charged with embezzlement, hiding assets abroad, concealing criminal profits and perjury. The court found Mr. Lee guilty on all charges.
Samsung acknowledged paying about $38 million to entities linked to a close friend of the President, Choi Soon-sil. About half of that amount went to a German sports-consulting company that paid for equestrian training for Soon-sil's daughter. The court determined that $6.4 million of the payments Samsung made to equestrian training were bribery and the judge ruled that Lee Jae-yong embezzled $5.7 million for that bribe. In total, Samsung was found to have paid about $7.9 million for bribery.
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