( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and accounting fraud.” A South Korean court has acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes. [CutID: <Cuts> SAMSUNG-CHAIR-ACQUIT-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 24s Title: SAMSUNG-CHAIR-ACQUIT-house-q-MONam Out-cue: and accounting fraud] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ————————— VERBATIM: The crimes were related to a contentious merger in 2015 that tightened Lee’s […]
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Samsung chief acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger
( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and accounting fraud.”
A South Korean court has acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The crimes were related to a contentious merger in 2015 that tightened Lee’s grip over South Korea’s biggest company. The ruling by a Seoul court could ease the legal troubles of the Samsung heir less than two years after he was pardoned of bribery in a separate case. Prosecutors had sought a five-year jail term for Lee, who was accused of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud.