Nowadays, meeting idol in person is not a rare opportunity for fans. They can approach their idols at official events, but there are also many fans who use tricks to meet their idols at workplace, company or even their appartment.
The case of an ARMY below is a typical example and fans felt very upset when they learned that this fan paid money with the desire to work with BTS members. However, the outcome of this ARMY's action was not good and she even needed the intervention of law.
Below is what the кσяєαn media reported loudly about this incident and the reactions of the other ARMYs:
While many fans show respect to their idols by only approaching them during their official schedules, there are many fans who have deviant thoughts like take advantage to approach their idols in places "not for fans". For example, they blend in as members of the filming crew working for BTS's project.
On the morning of March 27, кσяєαn media has headlined an incident of a local fan who paid 700 million KRW over a year to a man to work with the Kpop stars. member of BTS. According to media, Mr. A received a sum of 738.59 million KRW from a BTS fan - Mrs. B in about 7 months from early July 2021 to January 22th, 2022. This amount was reported to be the fee Mrs. B paying to Mr. A to become an employee of BTS's content production crew.
However, after this fan paid Mr. B for a year, she did not receive any benefits or have oppportunity to work with BTS members. Finally, this person discovered that she had been "defrauded" and "obtained property" by Mr. A and prosecuted after Mr. A was unable to repay the money. The results of the case have been announced by the Seoul Central District Court today. Mr. A (41 years old) faced a sentence of up to 4 years in prison on charges of economic crime (Fraud).
Specifically, the fraud started in July 2021, Mr. A posted on the online community Lightning Store that: "Looking for someone to buy tickets for BTS officials". Mr. A contacted victim B, who followed this post and told her into that he was an official of an video production outsourcing company having contract with BTS's management company, HYBE. He also told this ARMY that BTS would have a recording session in Jeju Island and if the victim paid, Mr. A would make her become a staff of his team to work with the group.
It is known that Mr. A is not actually a team leader of a company and he even is in heavy debt with no income or αѕѕets. According to the ρσℓι¢є investigation, fan B even borrowed money to send to Mr. A with the desire to become a staff in the BTS crew. The court said: "The defendant committed a profound crime when he approached the victim and took advantage of the victim's admiration for the celebrity to defraud a large amount of money in the form of participation fee, etc." and "The victim paid all the amount of money the defendant requested. To do that, Mrs. B incurred a large debt, leading to mentally hurt because she still hasn't found a solution to cover the loss".
After that, the court sentenced Mr. A to four years in prison with the conclusion: "The sentence was based on the victim's request that the defendant must be severely punished." It is known that Mr. A has a criminal record and was sentenced to prison for similar fraud.
Hearing this news, fans expressed surprise at the υиєχρє¢тє∂ form of fraud, taking advantage of fans' love for their idols. However, there are also many opinions that this ARMY had wrong thoughts as soon as the bad guy approached. Paying to join a BTS film crew or trying to blend in as BTS staff is inherently inappropriate behavior for a fan. Other fans also condemned this fan's behavior while viewing it as a lesson for those who have had similar intentions.
