Samsung offices raided over influence-peddling scandal
SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday raided offices of the Samsung Group as the electronics giant is dragged further into a snowballing influence-peddling scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-Hye.
The raid comes as Samsung faces allegations it bribed Park's confidant Choi Soon-Sil to win state approval for a controversial merger it sought last year.
Prosecutors visited the group's Future Strategy Office, which oversees key business decisions, the Yonhap news agency reported.
A Samsung spokesman…