In 2021, we reported that two researchers working at Samsung Display were convicted of handing over OLED technology to other companies, and are being sent to prison for two years. There was another employee, the main organizer of the outfit, who was also facing trial - and now it is reported that he was sentenced for 6 years in prison.

The researcher was accused of illegally acquiring trade secrets - technologies related to OLED ELA (Excimer Laser Annealing, used to process a-Si into LTPS backplanes) and OCR used in OLED inkjet printing processes. The researcher has acquired these technologies and intended to sell them to Chinese companies in in 2018 - 2020.  The prosecution said that the trade secrets' worth was at least $250 million USD.