by Journalist Lee Jangho
Former entertainment company CEO, A, and 10 others have been charged for Sajaegi, accused of repeatedly streaming 15 songs 1.72 M times on major music streaming sites by using bulk-purchased IP addresses.
On the 21st, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office announced that from December 2018 to December 2019, CEO A and 10 others used over 500 virtual PCs, bulk-purchased IP addresses, and 1,627 personal information that were illegally obtained to manipulate rankings on music streaming sites by repeatedly playing 15 songs 1,727,985 times. They were charged with obstruction of business by damaging a computer system on the 20th.
The prosecution believes that A and the others recruited clients for Sajaegi through brokers. They committed the crime by assigning each IP address to various virtual PCs. The prosecution stated, "Through the investigation, we have confirmed in detail that the suspicions of Sajaegi in the music market were true."
-Was it something that could be caught?
-From December 2018 to around December 2019. If it is a 'former' CEO, it means that the company changed its CEO after December 2019. If we dig hard enough, we might find out who it is.
-Finally, let's dig into this.
-Someone should file a report against HYBE too.
-Didn't Park Kyung call this out but he got in trouble for it?? That means this was something they could investigate, but they just chose not to.
-Could HYBE have been involved too?
-Please reveal everything🙏 K-pop will collapse if these manipulators continue their act.
-Just dig everything up, I'm curious as hellㅋㅋㅋ
-Repeatedly streaming 15 songs 1.72 M times on a music streaming site... What are those 15 songs? Let's find out!!
-I looked at my Melon account and saw some songs downloaded onto my phone, even though I never downloaded them. I was so shocked and deleted them. Nobody knows my password and I've never logged in to this account on any other device.
-If it was easy to do, why not investigate the current chart?? The result will be interesting...
-Don't stir up controversy and just reveal those songs
-Reveal who it is.
-Please investigate this properly. Don't do this just for show.
-They should investigate up to the present, not just until December 2019! Why are they only investigating that specific year anyway?
-Park Kyung spoke up about this before, but he got fined for spreading false information, didn't he?
-The important thing is... Why isn't HYBE being caught?? I feel like they're only chasing after others and leaving out HYBE on purpose.
