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Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong cleared of fraud by South Korea’s top court

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong cleared of fraud by South Korea’s top court

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been cleared by South Korea’s top court of fraud charges, concluding a years-long legal battle over his role in a 2015 merger deal. Lee, the grandson of Samsung’s founder and the de facto head of the company since 2014, had been accused of using stock and accounting fraud to try to gain control of the …

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