https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/samsung-heir-freed-from-prison-after-court-suspends-bribery-charges/

Samsung Group's de facto leader and vice chairman, Lee Jae-yong  (aka, Jay Y. Lee), was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of bribery, embezzlement, capital flight, and perjury charges. Today, only six months after his sentencing, Lee is out of prison.

In a hearing monday, a South Korean appeals court cut Lee's original sentence in half, to two-and-a-half years. It also suspended the charges against Lee for bribery and embezzlement, which allows Lee to walk free. For now, Lee is looking at four years of probation, though he said he plans to appeal the remaining guilty verdicts.