Samsung Vice Chairman Convicted, Fined For Illegal Anaesthetic Drug Use
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The de-facto leader of Samsung group Lee Jae-yong was fined 70 million won ($60,000) by the Seoul Central District Court, despite usage normally being seen as a minor offence in South Korea.
The de-facto leader of South Korea's sprawling Samsung group Lee Jae-yong was convicted Tuesday of illegally using the anaesthetic drug propofol, the latest legal travail to beset the multi-billionaire.
Lee -- the vice chairman of the world's biggest smartphone maker Samsung Electronics and, according to Forbes, the world's 238th richest person -- was fined 70 million won ($60,000) by the Seoul Central District Court, Yonhap news agency reported.
The sum is around 0.0006 percent of his estimated $10.2 billion fortune.
He was found guilty of having repeatedly taken the anaesthetic at a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul over several years.
