A day after South Korean boy band BTS member Jimin celebrated his 29th birthday, it is being reported that the K-pop idol was duped by comedian Lee Jin-ho, who borrowed 100 million won and never returned. According to reports, Lee took financial help from Jimin in 2022 with a promissory note. BigHit confirmed the same and stated, "It is true that financial damage occurred as reported, and all that was done was a loan using an IOU." 

Big Hit confirmed that #BTS`s #JIMIN was scammed by comedian Lee Jin-ho, who borrowed 100 million won (approx $75K) from him in 2022 but never repaid it.

Jimin had written a promissory note, but Lee confessed to debt from illegal gambling. Despite the situation, Jimin showed… pic.twitter.com/5JZfwRhQhG