A man defrauded 1.3 billion won claiming to sell BTS goods and was sentenced to 6 years in prison, maintaining his previous conviction.
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Mr. A, who lied about promoting BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan) merchandise and defrauded about 1.3 billion won (about 130 million yen), has been sentenced to prison again. Today (15th), according to the legal community, the Suwon High Court Criminal Division 1 upheld the first-instance ruling against Mr. A, a composer in his 50s, who was indicted for violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (Fraud). Previously, Mr. A had been sentenced to 6 years in prison by the first-instance court. In 2021, he claimed he was planning to produce and sell BTS jeans and that he had a close relationship with Bang Si-hyuk, the chairman of HYBE, the agency to which BTS belongs, deceiving Mr. B, the representative of an information and communication service business. He is accused of defrauding about 750 million won (about 75 million yen) under the pretext of acquisition fees and about 550 million won (about 55 million yen) under the pretext of lobbying funds. Mr. A had previously committed fraud 16 years ago and was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
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