| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/08/2017 | Samsung | Head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, was sentenced to five years in jail for bribery, hiding assets abroad, embezzlement, concealing criminal proceeds and perjury. Lee was convicted over payments of 43bn won ($36.4m; £30.3m) made to South Korean's former president's confidante's foundations, as well as for giving a horse and several million dollars to assist the equestrian career of her daughter, in anticipation of favours and government support over Samsung's major merger restructuring. | South Korea | Reuters, BBC, The New York Times | Bribing & Corruption, Embezzlement, Fraud, Lobbying, Perjury | |
| 16/12/2009 - 15/12/2009 | Intertek (Client of Samsung) | Allegations of criminal acceptance of bribes by Intertek auditor in exchange for overlooking fraud at the Hang Fat toy factory's salary and working hours records. The auditor asked the factory to pay a bribe in order to allow the factory pass the audit. The factory paid the required bribe. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Bribing & Corruption, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage |
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