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Samsung heir Jay Lee returns to prison for bribery scandal
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-01-20T20:31:00
Jay Lee, the heir and de facto leader of family-owned conglomerate Samsung, was sentenced to prison for 2 1/2 years in a retrial regarding his role in a bribery scandal involving the former president of South Korea.
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