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The sentence was sentenced to three Samsung vice presidents accused of destroying evidence in connection with Samsung Biologics' suspicion of fraudulent accounting. The court pointed out that there was a systematic destruction of evidence at the group level, but added that the court did not conclude whether there was any accounting fraud in Samsung Bio.

I'm Kim Ki-tae.

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The Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Agreement on the 24th Division of the Samsung Electronics Finance Team accused of evidence extinction teachers was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for his vice president and two vice presidents of the Samsung Electronics Business Support TF, a successor of the Future Strategy Office, for one year and six months in prison. Sentenced.

The remaining five employees accused of the same charges were sentenced to probation.

The prosecution said that Samsung Bio and Epis employees deleted words such as' JY ', which means vice chairman Lee Jae-yong,' merger 'and' un-room 'on employees' laptops and mobile phones, and hidden the company's public server on the factory floor. Check them out and put them on trial.

The court said, "We have systematically exterminated evidence at the group level on accounting fraud cases that are a national concern." The public has been shocked to society in a secret way that is hard to imagine.

The Tribunal pinpointed, "I wonder if it's a good culture to grow into a world-class company if your employees are unconditional and unconditional to your boss's instructions."

The judiciary just added that it did not conclude whether there was any accounting fraud in Samsung Bio.

At the same time, the prosecutors expressed their regret, saying, "Even after months of investigation, the fraudulent accounting fraud, which is the mainstream of suspicion, is not even prosecuted."

(Video coverage: Ju Yong-jin, Video editing: Kim Jun-hee)