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Samsung heir apologises over corruption scandal
AFP, Published on 06/05/2020
» SEOUL: The heir to the Samsung empire bowed in apology Wednesday for company misconduct including a controversial plan for him to ascend to the leadership of the world's largest smartphone maker.
Corruption scandal in Argentina fells titans of business
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» BUENOS AIRES - Records kept in notebooks of the kinds used by schoolchildren are bringing down titans of Argentina's industry in a multimillion-dollar corruption scandal.
Zelensky sanctions associate as corruption scandal engulfs Kyiv
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ordered sanctions on an associate and former business partner at the heart of a massive corruption scandal that has sparked outrage in a nation exhausted by nearly four years of war.
Austrian chancellor under pressure in wake of corruption scandal
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was facing the prospect of a no-confidence vote in parliament as he grappled Tuesday with the fallout from the "Ibiza-gate" scandal that toppled his coalition with the far right.
Samsung chief jailed for 2.5 years over corruption scandal
AFP, Published on 18/01/2021
» SEOUL: The de facto chief of South Korea's Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its top decision-maker.
Senior PEA officials exposed in crypto mining corruption scandal
Online Reporters, Published on 27/01/2026
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) searched the residences of three active and one former officials of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) and seized thousands of illegal crypto mining rigs, cash, laptops, phones and bank passbooks.
Wife of former S.Korean justice minister arrested in corruption scandal
Reuters, Published on 24/10/2019
» SEOUL: South Korean authorities have arrested the wife of a former justice minister who was at the centre of a graft scandal and was a close political confidant of President Moon Jae-in, after a court upheld prosecutors' request for a warrant.
Corruption scandal deals new blow to Xi's Chinese football dream
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» BEIJING - Alleged corruption at the top of Chinese football has left President Xi Jinping's dream of his country becoming a global force in the sport appear more remote than ever.
US judge grants early release to Brazilian in FIFA corruption scandal
AFP, Published on 31/03/2020
» NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on Monday granted the release from prison on humanitarian grounds of an 87-year-old former senior Brazilian football official tarnished by the FIFA corruption scandal.
Corruption rules
News, Postbag, Published on 13/07/2020
» Re: "Govt railroading Chana complex", (BP editorial, July 12).