{
  "id": 6094409,
  "title": "[COVER STORY] Bang Si-hyuk case reaches prosecutors. What's next for HYBE chairman?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/cover-story-bang-si-hyuk-case-reaches-prosecutors-whats-next-for-hybe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T03:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260907/cover-story-bang-si-hyuk-case-reaches-prosecutors-whats-next-for-hybe-chairman"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Bang Si-hyuk case, involving HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, has reached prosecutors after spending nearly two years in investigation. The police filed a report with the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office, detailing 263.1 billion won ($190 million) in improper gains. The central question that remains is which crime, if any, the conduct constitutes, as investigators have yet to reach a consensus between the police and prosecutors. On Thursday, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's financial crime investigation unit referred Bang and four others to prosecutors on suspicion of fraudulent unfair trading under the Capital Markets Act. The prosecutors will now review the case and decide whether to indict, order further investigation, or drop the financial crime charge, with lawyers indicating all three outcomes are possible.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "[COVER STORY] Bang Si-hyuk case reaches prosecutors. What's next for HYBE chairman?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/cover-story-bang-si-hyuk-case-reaches-prosecutors-whats-next-for-hybe-6096139",
        "published": "2026-09-07T04:02:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}