Justice ministry officers escort a Chinese language nationwide, suspected of being the ringleader of a bunch that stole giant sums by impersonating rich people, by means of Incheon Worldwide Airport, Aug. 22, 2025. Courtesy of Ministry of Justice
A Seoul courtroom on Thursday sentenced a Chinese language nationwide to twenty years in jail for main a hacking scheme concentrating on Ok-pop group BTS member Jung Kook and Korean enterprise executives.
The Seoul Central District Courtroom handed down the sentence to the Chinese language nationwide, surnamed Chun, on prices of fraud and violating the data community act, in reference to the theft of greater than 38 billion received ($27.2 million) from the victims.
“(Chun) focused rich people and stole their belongings,” the courtroom mentioned. “The victims misplaced their belongings regardless of bearing no fault, not like in voice phishing scams.”
The courtroom added that Chun has not proven real regret for his wrongdoing.
Chun was charged with accumulating private info as a part of a prison ring working abroad, together with in Thailand, from August 2023 to January 2025, activating cell phones within the victims’ names and transferring belongings from their accounts.
The investigation confirmed the targets included Jung Kook and a enterprise tycoon of a serious conglomerate.
Sources, nevertheless, mentioned the hacking group tried to steal 8.4 billion received price of Jung Kook’s shares in HYBE, the father or mother firm of his company, BigHit Music, however the company took instant motion to stop losses.
