Why Samsung’s Billionaire Scion Is Heading Back to Jail

Samsung Group’s billionaire scion, Jay Y. Lee, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison over bribery charges, concluding a trial that brought down a South Korean president and inflamed public outrage over the cozy relationship between government and business. The case — and another being tried separately — center on whether Lee and Samsung used illegal means to help him take control of the company founded by his grandfather. The Jan. 18 ruling creates a vacuum atop the world’s