Condemned former head of Samsung again headed the company

Vice President of Samsung Electronics, who spent the last year under investigation, actually headed the company again.

First, rumors of   returned to   MASS MEDIA. Then the whole end of March and   April   Lee Jae Yong   held a number of meetings with   governments of several European countries and   Japan. On   they talked a lot about   trends in   IT   and   artificial intelligence. Then   Lee Jay signed an agreement with   Governments of France and   Canada on   construction of research centers in   field of AI. On   question about   return   Lee's   Press service of Samsung responded that the strange " not   it is worth calling it an official return,   Lee Jay just returned to   its place. "

More about   history with   bribes to the President of South Korea

" Card House " and   " Force Majeure " . AND   to sort out   intricacies of all seasons is not   so easy. AT   August 2017, the court found the head of Samsung   Lee Jay guilty of   giving bribes to South Korean President Paku Kun He   at   the amount of $ 6.4   million by   version of the court, this money was spent on   cars and   Teaching the daughter of the president's friend the equestrian sport. A   In return, Samsung received certain privileges from   the authorities. AT   in particular, approval for   merger with   Cheil Industries Inc.

After a protracted   6th   months of litigation with   a lot of appeals the court does not   found evidence of bribery of the head of state. AT   The first guilty party was recognized by the authorities, which seemed to be pushing   Samsung's manual. A   Lee Jae Yong   at   spent a total of 353 days in   conclusion, and   at   February 2018   freedom.

Source: The Investor