It has been a rough handful of months for Samsung , and it looks like things aren’t getting any better. The South Korean technology giant is now being tied to the massive corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of the country’s President, Park Geun-hye.
Park Young-soo, a special prosecutor heading up the investigation into the corruption scandal, is seeking an arrest warrant for Jay Y. Lee, Samsung Group vice-chairman and only son to the company’s incapacitated chairman, Lee Kun-hee. He stands accused of instructing Samsung subsidiaries to make large donations to an associate of Ms. Park, Choi Soon-sil, and two foundations Ms. Choi controls. Mr. Park contends the donations amount to bribery and were made in exchange for political favors from Ms.
