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Lee Jae-yong<\/a>, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics<\/a>, committed stock manipulation, breach of trust and other offences when two other subsidiaries, Samsung C&T<\/a> and Cheil Industries, merged in 2015, the prosecutors said.
Ten other current and former top Samsung executives were also charged.
Lee and his subordinates had carried out \"a systemic scheme to take control of the Samsung Group with the least cost\", said the prosecution, by deploying \"various unfair transactions\" that damaged other shareholders' interests.
Lee is already separately being re-tried on charges of bribery, embezzlement and other offences in connection with the corruption scandal that brought down former South Korean president Park Geun-hye<\/a>.
The businessman was not detained, but the charges are likely to prove a distraction as his firm seeks to navigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Samsung Electronics is the flagship subsidiary of the group, which was founded by Lee's grandfather and has grown to become by far the biggest of the family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebols, that dominate business in the world's 12th-largest economy.
Its overall turnover is equivalent to a fifth of South Korea's gross domestic product and is crucial to the country's economic health.
The firm saw profits rise in April-July with data centres moving to stockpile its DRAM chips to meet surging demand for online activities as a result of global lockdowns.
But the South's economy shrank 3.2 percent year-on-year in the same period, according to a revised estimate by the central Bank of Korea on Tuesday.
Samsung Electronics declined to comment on Tuesday's charges, referring inquiries to Lee's legal team, who did not immediately issue a statement.
- 'Cloud of uncertainty' - Chaebol families often have only a small ownership stake in their empires, but maintain control through complex webs of cross-shareholdings between units.
Lee was the largest shareholder in Cheil Industries, and critics say Samsung sought to artificially lower the price of C&T to give him a bigger stake in the merged entity -- a key part of the Samsung structure -- consolidating his grip on the conglomerate.
Lee's latest legal troubles add a layer of \"uncertainty\" to the company and could \"burden the South's economy as a whole\", said Kim Dae-jong, a business professor at Sejong University in Seoul.
\"The fact that he will have to stand another trial creates a cloud of uncertainty and probably affects Samsung's long-term investment plans,\" he told AFP.
With the country feeling the economic pain from the outbreak, \"the timing isn't good\", he added.
Some chaebol leaders who have been convicted in the past have subsequently received presidential pardons in recognition of their economic roles.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in<\/a> campaigned in part on a promise of reforming the chaebols and the prosecution's move came despite a civilian review panel recommending Lee should not be indicted, citing a lack of evidence.
Lee was jailed for five years in 2017 after being found guilty of bribery and other offences linked to former president Park, before being cleared of the most serious charges on appeal and released a year later. That case is currently being retried.
Lee apologised in May over the issues, pledging to ensure \"there will be no more controversy over the succession\" and that he would not allow his children to take over from him at the firm.
\"Our technology and products are being hailed as first-class but the public gaze towards Samsung still remains harsh,\" he said, bowing to the cameras. \"This is my fault. I apologise.\"
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李在镕,三星电子副主席,操纵证券交易价格,违反信托和其他罪行时另外两个子公司,三星C&T和Cheil行业,合并后的2015年,检察官说。
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李在镕副主席三星电子,操纵证券交易价格,违反信托和其他罪行时另外两个子公司,三星C&T和Cheil产业,2015年合并后,检察官说。
其他10个三星的现任和前任高管也被起诉。
李和他的下属进行“三星集团的系统性方案控制最少的成本”,检方说,通过部署各种不公平的交易,损害其他股东的利益。
李已经分别被重试的罪名贿赂、贪污等犯罪与腐败丑闻,韩国前总统朴槿惠。
商人没有被拘留,但费用可能会分心,他的公司试图导航冠状病毒大流行的影响。
三星电子的旗舰子公司是集团,这是由李的祖父和已经成为迄今为止最大的家族企业集团,或财团在世界第12大经济体主导业务。
其整体营业额相当于韩国国内生产总值(gdp)的五分之一,对国家的经济健康是至关重要的。
公司在April-July看到利润增长与数据中心移动储存其DRAM芯片,以满足对网上活动需求的飙升的全球封锁。
但韩国经济同比萎缩3.2%在同一时期,根据修订后的估计央行周二朝鲜。
三星电子周二拒绝置评的指控,他询问李的法律团队,谁没有立即发表声明。
——“云不确定性的财阀家庭通常只有一个小股权的帝国,但保持控制单元之间通过复杂的交叉持股网络。
李Cheil行业最大的股东,批评人士说,三星试图人为地降低C&T价格给他更大的股份合并后的实体——三星的关键部分结构——巩固他对企业的控制。
李的最新法律纠纷添加一层“不确定性”的公司,可能“韩国整体经济负担”,金正日Dae-jong说在首尔世宗大学商业教授。
“事实上,他将不得不忍受另一项试验创建一个云的不确定性和可能影响三星的长期投资计划,”他告诉法新社。
与该国的经济痛苦感觉的爆发,“时机不好”,他补充道。
一些过去的财阀领导人已被定罪随后收到总统赦免承认他们的经济角色。
韩国总统月亮Jae-in在一定程度上竞选承诺改革的财阀和起诉的举动尽管平民审查小组推荐李不应起诉,理由是缺乏证据。
李被判入狱5年之后,于2017年被发现犯有受贿和其他犯罪与前总统公园,在最严重的指控上诉,一年后发布。这种情况下正在重试。
李在可能的问题道歉,承诺将确保“不会有更多的争论继承”,他不会允许他的孩子从他接管公司。
“我们的技术和产品被誉为一流,但公众对三星的目光仍然严厉,”他说,在镜头前鞠躬。“这是我的错。我道歉。”
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