Samsung's tribulations continued in 2017 when vice chairman and heir to the Samsung empire Lee Jae-yong was found guilty of bribery and cronyism, as reported by the BBC. He was sentenced to five years in jail in August of that year, despite denying the charges. However, six months later in February 2018, Jae-yong's sentence was halved and the rest of the jail term suspended by Seoul High Court, and he walked free.

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