It was later discovered that there was an attempt to steal the name of JUNG KOOK of the global group "BTS" and acquire shares owned by JUNG KOOK without permission.
According to the music industry on the 22nd, JUNG KOOK lost 33,500 HYBE shares that he owned in January of last year, just after he enlisted in the military. The stolen shares were from HYBE's
The equivalent of about 8.4 billion won in stock prices was the robbery. The robber used JUNG KOOK's name to open a securities account without permission and
KOOK's HYBE shares were transferred and sold without permission. Of the 33,500 shares he seized, 33,000 were
(approximately 8.3 billion won: approximately 830 million yen) was transferred to a newly opened account, and the remaining 500 shares (approximately 126 million won: approximately 130 billion yen) were sold to a third party. JUNG
KOOK filed a civil lawsuit to return 500 shares that were transferred to a third party last year. The Western Seoul District Court ruled last month that "there was no transfer contract for the shares,
"KOOK was merely a victim of name theft," the court ruled, and "the third party must return the relevant shares to JUNG KOOK."
Regarding the third party, "We only heard that the shares in question were owned by a major shareholder, and it is significant that we proceeded with the transaction without going through the procedures to verify the ownership.
However, the person who stole Jung Kook's name has yet to be caught.
Immediately after becoming aware of the damage, Big Hit Music prevented any substantial damage from occurring by suspending payments and taking measures to restore the situation to its original state.
On the 22nd, Music told iDaily, "As soon as the company and artists became aware of the criminal acts, they took measures to stop payments to the accounts and restore the situation to its original state, preventing any substantial damage."
In addition to legal measures, we have taken measures to strengthen security regarding personal information and device-related information of our artists and to prevent recurrence."
KOOK will enlist in the Army in December 2023 and is currently serving in the military. JUNG KOOK will release his solo single "Seven (feat.
He continues to be active even during his military service, with the music video for "Latto" reaching 500 million views.
Meanwhile, JUNG KOOK will be discharging in June.

By chunchun 2025/03/23 12:00 KST