Samsung chair imprisoned and 24 others found guilty in union-busting case

As a US citizen, I'm jealous they take corporate malfeasance seriously.

As a US citizen, I'm jealous they take any malfeasance seriously.

I'm not jealous of the South Korean Chaboel system though.

US legal system was designed "Of the rich, by the rich and for the rich".

Yeah, but in that context it makes us look even worse. Like, South Korea has an institutionalized system of interlocking megacorporate congolomerates, and they still manage to better enforce their laws than we do. It's embarrassing.

Or maybe the whole thing is pushed by another megacorp or an internal power struggle?

Your and my downvotes on this US-centric website show why American corporate malfeasance isn't taken seriously in the US... the main perpetrators have captured not only the criminal justice system but also "hearts and minds."

Do you have any evidence/data for this? Why do you reject the simpler model that yes their law enforcement system is simply more efficient?

I really don't understand all the down votes for those questioning the US criminal system and it's treatment of corporate America.

The Op was just pointing out the US criminal system does seem to go easy when it comes to corporate malfeasance.

For evidence of this, you only have to look at the outcomes of the GFC.

In that instance the there was only one US conviction and that was a low level employer.

Compare that to Iceland where they sent their top bank chief executives to jail over that exact same GFC disaster.

South Korea has many problems as does the US but one of Moon’s campaign promises was to not go easy on criminal conduct by Chaebols. Chaebols until now have traditionally been given an extremely light sentence followed by a pardon after a month or so.