In the past, BTS has expressed many times that as they become more famous, their friendships become less and less. This not only comes from the fact that many people are afraid to come into contact with BTS because of their great reputation, but also from avoiding problems related to the group's reputation being exploited by toxic individuals.

Obviously, when they become the world's top superstars with great money and fame, BTS are easily targeted for bad purposes. This was proved when the news that a dance teacher of the group who had been their companion for the past 10 years betrayed them and took advantage of the group's reputation to gain a large sum of money was spread.

Fans even discovered that this person has been very close to the members over the years. This person's betrayal will definitely bring unpleasant feelings to the members. Below is his true identity:

According to information from IT Chosun, HYBE - BTS's management company - and many related people ℓσѕт 5 billion won (about 90 billion VND) to Mr.A - one of the core members who co-founded the company and is BTS's dance instructor. Mr. A is currently under investigation for embezzling tens of millions of won from the company's budget, and defrauding billions of won from composers, choreographers, and partners. Not only did he use the name HYBE, he also used the names of BTS to receive investment money to develop new music products.

It is known that Mr. A was done a long time ago but HYBE didn't find out while he even worked with BTS on many of their projects until September of this year. With the above news, eagle-eyed fans quickly joined the search for this person's true identity and the truth left fans gasping for air.

Specifically, Mr. A is identified as Lee Byung Eun, also known by his stage name Bangster. Bangster used to be a member of the dance group Neuron, and was the choreographer for the musical "Janhyang" in which j-hope played the main child actor. Before his arrest, Bangster served as Performance Director of HYBE.

It is known that among the members of BTS, Bangster is closest to j-hope because they have been together since the days when j-hope was nicknamed "Smile Hoya", when he was not yet Big's trainee. Hit. For most of j-hope's music products from mixtapes to the most recent solo album, Bangster was also in charge of choreography with him and even followed j-hope to the performance stage at Lollapalooza.

Not only that, he has also accompanied BTS all these years from the choreography of Fake Love to the iconic choreographies of Boy With Luv, Butter, Run BTS,... and even their calendar performances. history at the GRAMMYs. In addition, ARMYs also discovered that he is the choreographer of the members' solo songs such as Jimin's Like Crazy, Jungkook's Seven, SUGA's Haegeum, Jin's Super Tuna,...

He has also been seen many times appearing in BTS's frames. One of them includes SUGA's hip hop dance practice video or even before his arrest, he was still seen smoking with Jungkook in Los Angles. That makes fans feel crazy!

He lied to BTS even when he faced them and it makes fans unable to imagine how the members felt when they realized they were betrayed:

- Cant believe he betrayed them after all they went through together!

- the numbers are staggering. i had to reread TMI's post several times - tens of millions, not returning billions I have no words, the betrayal they must feel if its him. honestly whoever it was that was close to them & betrayed them this way

- Bangtan must be felt betrayed alot..he was with them alot on chap2 too.

- Can't imagine how the members feel right now

- ohhhhh this is sooooo upsetting

- Hobi brought him in from nothing gave him all the tools to be great just for him to stab them in the back

- Too many snakes are working with the boys ugh they always get betrayed by people they trust

- If it is him I feel so bad for Hobi :(( backstabbing someone like him just evil

- Disgusting fker, hope he'll get his punishment and suffer

- Gosh. He was in one of YoonGi’s radio show too, right?

- omg ….. I feel so bad for the boys, I can’t believe this

Meanwhile, after HYBE fired Bangster, they also sued him for fraud and embezzlement. HYBE's representative said: "We are guiding the victims to the investigation agency responsible for filing a denunciation so that they can file a lawsuit against Mr. A and request compensation for damages. This is for HYBE to speed up the case investigation process. When sending a denunciation to another investigation agency, it takes time to transfer the case to the ρσℓι¢є agency under jurisdiction to resolve the matter. "

In addition, they also firmly punished this case as an example for their employees in the future: “We will show zero tolerance toward the individual who has violated the company rules and regulations. We will take all possible lєgαl action against the individual, as well as make whatever amendments necessary to prevent the same from happening again. All HYBE personnel will go through a work ethic and anti-corruption training, and all HYBE governance structures will undergo strengthening to upgrade internal monitoring and auditing processes. HYBE strictly prohibits its employees from gaining personal benefit using non-disclosable internal information. Please beware of possible scammers using HYBE’s name, HYBE employment, and/or relationships with HYBE artists".