20 Nov 2022
Divya Delhi: A massive stock scam involving HYBE, the business that created the worldwide K-pop boom, has targeted BTS star Jungkook. Biz Korea reported that when Jungkook was overseas for military duty, someone attempted to use his name to transfer and sell HYBE shares worth 8.44 billion KRW ($5.6 million) unlawfully. According to reports, the scammer successfully sold 500 HYBE shares for about 126 million KRW ($86,000) after transferring 33,500 shares from Jungkook's account. Just one month after Jungkook and another member of BTS, Jimin, enrolled, this incident occurred.