Lone Star Korea's former head Paul Yoo files court appeal
Paul Yoo, former head of Lone Star in Korea, has appealed to Korea’s Supreme Court over his conviction for manipulating the stock price of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) in 2003, Dow Jones reported.
The appeal comes days after Yoo was sentenced to a three-year jail term by the High Court for spreading rumors about KEB's credit card unit, KEB Credit Services, in 2003 to diminish its share price, making...
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