Billionaire Hybe Founder Faces Probe Over IPO Disclosures (1)

July 17, 2025, 2:24 AM UTC

Bang Si-hyuk, the billionaire founder of BTS-agency Hybe Co. Ltd. faces investigation by South Korean prosecutors for allegedly misleading investors ahead of its 2020 IPO.

The Financial Services Commission referred the largest shareholder of an unidentified company and its former executives on allegations of deceiving investors and violating trading practices. While the FSC did not name the probe’s targets in its statement, a person familiar with the investigation told Bloomberg News the company in question was Hybe.

The parties “deceived existing shareholders by making it seem as if the listing would be delayed” even though the company was ...

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