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\n SEOUL: Samsung Electronics<\/a>' ailing chairman, Lee Kun-hee<\/a>, was named by South Korean police on Thursday as a suspect in an 8.2 billion won ($7.5 million) tax evasion case that involved the use of bank accounts held by employees.<\/p>\n A series of scandals have dogged the family of Samsung<\/a>, the country's biggest business empire.<\/p>\n \n\tThe chairman's son Jay Y. Lee, heir to the Samsung Group, was released from detention earlier this week after an appeals court halved his sentence for bribery and corruption to 2-1\/2 years and suspended it for four years.<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing a heart attack in 2014, the elder Lee, 76, has remained hospitalized in Seoul's Samsung Medical Centre and is difficult to communicate with having shown little sign of recovery. Until his imprisonment Jay Y. Lee had been regarded as the de facto head of the group.<\/p>\n \n\tPolice said elder Lee could not be questioned due to his physical condition and Samsung declined comment.<\/p>\n \n\t\"Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee and a Samsung executive managed funds in 260 bank accounts under names of 72 executives, suspected of evading taxes worth 8.2 billion won,\" Korean National Police Agency said in a statement, planning to send the case to prosecutors.<\/p>\n \n\tPolice added that the accounts, holding some 400 billion won, were found in the course of their probe into alleged improper payments for the renovation of Lee's family residence.<\/p>\n \n\tThe investigation into tax evasion harks back to the late payment of 130 billion won in tax in 2011, though only 8.2 billion of that sum falls within the statute of limitations, according to police.<\/p>\n The graft case that led to the younger Lee's arrest last year and brought down the former president Park Geun-hye<\/a> prompted Samsung to vow to improve transparency in corporate governance and grant heads of the group's affiliates more autonomy from the Lee family.<\/p>\n \n\tThe group dismantled its corporate strategy office in late 2017.<\/p>\n \n\tThe new liberal government led by President Moon Jae-in elected after the corruption scandal promised to put family-run conglomerates under stronger scrutiny and end the practice of pardoning corporate tycoons convicted of white-collar crimes.<\/p>\n \n\tThough Jay Y. Lee has not been seen back at the office since his release on Feb.5, but members of the Korean business community expect him to take up the reins once again, and invest more in the business to create jobs that might help soothe public anger.<\/p>\n \n\tReturning home from prison, the younger Lee apologised for not showing his best side and said he would do his best but did not give specifics on his business plans.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile he spent a year behind bars, Samsung Electronics, the world's top semiconductors maker, earned record profit as it benefited from a memory chip \"super cycle\".<\/p>\n \n\tIt is not the first time the elder Lee has been investigated for tax evasion. He was convicted in 2009 and later pardoned for tax evasion after being embroiled in a scandal that also involved the use of accounts held by trusted employees.<\/p>\n \n\tPolice say they have since identified more such accounts.<\/p>\n \n\tShares in Samsung Electronics rose 1.1 percent compared to a 0.5 percent rise in the wider market. Blue chip tech stocks bounced after recent falls as investors saw current valuations as attractive, analysts said.<\/p>\n \n\t($1 = 1,087.3000 won)<\/p>\n\n \n\t(Reporting by Ju-min Park and Joyce Lee; Additional reporting by Yuna Park; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)<\/p>\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":62833801,"title":"MTN Nigeria plans to list in Lagos this year -company source","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/mtn-nigeria-plans-to-list-in-lagos-this-year-company-source\/62833801","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":62833910,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Samsung chairman named as suspect in $7.5 million tax evasion case","synopsis":"A series of scandals have dogged the family of Samsung, the country's biggest business empire.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/samsung-chairman-named-as-suspect-in-7-5-million-tax-evasion-case","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"REUTERS","artdate":"2018-02-08 13:58:07","lastupd":"2018-02-08 14:00:06","breadcrumbTags":["Samsung","Samsung Electronics","Devices","Park Geun-Hye","Lee Kun-hee"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/samsung-chairman-named-as-suspect-in-7-5-million-tax-evasion-case"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2018-02-08" data-index="article_1">
首尔:三星电子境况不佳的主席,李健熙周四,被韩国警方怀疑在一个逃税82亿韩元(合750万美元),涉及使用银行账户的员工。 一系列的丑闻困扰的家庭三星,中国最大的商业帝国。 董事长的儿子李在镕,三星集团的继承人,也是本周早些时候被解除拘留后上诉法院他刑期减半为贿赂和腐败两年,缓期四年。 心脏病发作后2014年,李,76年,一直在医院,首尔三星医疗中心和难以沟通有显示几乎没有复苏的迹象。直到他的监禁李在镕被视为事实上的负责人。 警方说,李长老不能质疑由于他的身体状况和三星拒绝置评。 “三星董事长李健熙,三星高管管理基金260年银行账户在72年高管的名字,涉嫌偷税漏税价值82亿韩元,”韩国国家警察厅在一份声明中表示,计划把检察官。 警方还说,账户,持有约4000亿赢了,他们的调查过程中发现涉嫌不当支付李的家庭住宅的改造。 调查逃税要追溯到1300亿年的逾期付款在2011年获得的税收时,虽然只有82亿属于诉讼时效,据警方。 贪污案件,导致年轻的李去年被捕,推翻了前总统朴槿惠促使三星誓言改善公司治理和透明度的格兰特的集团的子公司从李氏家族更多的自治权。 该组织拆除其公司战略办公室在2017年底。 新的月球Jae-in当选总统领导的自由党政府腐败丑闻后,承诺将家族企业集团在加强审查和结束赦免的实践企业大亨白领罪犯。 虽然没有见过李在镕回到办公室后被释放后在2月,但朝鲜商业社区的成员希望他再次拿起缰绳,并更多地投资于业务创造就业机会,可能有助于缓解公众的愤怒。 回家从监狱里,年轻的李道歉没有展现他最好的一面,说他会做他最好的在他的商业计划但没有透露细节。 虽然他在监狱呆了一年,三星电子(Samsung Electronics),世界上最大的半导体制造商,赢得了创纪录的利润,因为它受益于一个内存芯片的“超级周期”。 这已经不是第一次李长老已经调查了逃税。他被判在2009年和后赦免了因逃税被卷入了一场丑闻,还涉及使用账户的信任员工。 警方说,他们已经发现了更多这样的帐户。 三星电子股价上涨1.1%相比,在更广泛的市场增长了0.5%。蓝筹科技股近期下跌后反弹,因投资者认为目前的估值有吸引力,分析师表示。 (1美元= 1087 .3000获胜) (完Ju-min公园和乔伊斯李;附加完人家的公园;由西蒙Cameron-Moore编辑)
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