A man who has been accused of impersonating BTS members and stealing their confidential information was sentenced to jail in the first trial.
According to legal sources, on Jan. 25, Seoul Central District Court sentenced a 29-year-old male who was charged with violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, to one year in prison.
The man who was known as A is being accused of pretending to be a member of BTS and approaching several music producers to collect their unreleased music files as well as the information of BTS members’ military service . Being a former music producer, A had participated in the famous idol groups’ music production.
In September 2022, A impersonated BTS member Suga and approached to a music producer B. A received an unreleased audio recording from B.
In November of the same year, A contacted Suga, impersonating B this time, and obtained information including Suga’s military service and as well as his upcoming album.
Additionally, A is suspected of impersonating another BTS member V and acquired more than 10 unreleased music files from several music producers.
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