Samsung had accused executives of rival company LG of deliberately damaging its washing machines in stores in Germany, according to Reuters.
As part of Samsung's investigation process, the company had already asked South Korea's Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office to question the employees of LG.
According to the report, executives from LG visited two electronics store in Berlin. Upon seeing the washing machines from Samsung, the employees in question allegedly vandalized them.
"It is very unfortunate that Samsung had to request that a high-ranking executive be investigated by the nation's legal authorities," Samsun said in a statement.
"But this was inevitable, as we concluded that we had to get to the bottom of this incident," the company added.
LG confirmed that one of the executives that Samsung is accusing is Jo Seong-jin, the head of the home appliances division of the company. However, LG denied the allegations and maintained that its executives did not deliberately destroy its rival's products, First Post reported.
The company, however, explained that two washing machines from Samsung were damaged accidentally during an inspection process.
LG explained that its executives visited the retail stores in Berlin to check out products from competing companies. The executives offered to purchase four washing machines from Samsung but two were damaged while they were inspecting them.
Representatives from the company explained the hinges of the doors of the two washing machines were already weak before they were purchased.
Aside from South Korean prosecutors, Samsung also asked German authorities to look into the matter.
In response, LG said it will cooperate with the investigation process of the authorities.
Also, the company noted that if it wanted to vandalize the products of its rival, it would not order one of its high-ranking executives to perform the act, according to BBC.
"If our company had an intention to destroy products of a certain company to tarnish the image of the product, it would be common sense to not have our executives directly carry out such acts," LG said.
"We hope that this is not an attempt to damage our reputation," the company added.
