SM"Sasaeng who impersonated a courier and stole EXO and NCT's home address, fined KRW 3 million..No leniency" (Full Story)
Jul 11, 2024
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SM Entertainment, the company's agency, said on the 10th that it had filed a complaint against the law firm (Limited) Sejong for violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. for impersonating a courier on the live broadcast of X (Twitter) in April 2023.
The defendants in the above case then committed crimes such as impersonating a courier in a live broadcast involving a large number of viewers, stealing the artist's address, relaying it, and disclosing the artist's personal information to the public, and sent two people who called the artist directly to the prosecution by identifying four people who participated in the live broadcast as suspects at the time," he said.
At the same time, he/she said, "In the trial, the defendants acknowledged all the crimes and claimed that they wanted leniency, saying they committed these criminal acts out of fanfare for the artist, but in the end, the two defendants were fined KRW 3 million each."
Finally "To this day, acts such as calling or visiting the artist's phone number or home address without permission have continued for a long time, and that level has reached a level that is difficult for individuals to handle, and they are complaining of serious mental pain."In order to protect our artists, we continue to monitor and take legal action against the above acts as well as those that violate the rights and honor of artists under the principle of zero tolerance, and await the results of various complaints." he warned.
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Hello, we're SM Entertainment.
I would like to inform you of the results of the complaint regarding the theft of personal information related to one member of our artist EXO and three members of NCT.
The company collected a large amount of evidence through fans' reports and self-monitoring for stealing personal information of artists by impersonating a courier in the live broadcast of X (Twitter) in April 2023 and filed a complaint against Sejong Corporation (Limited) for violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.
The defendants in the above case committed crimes such as impersonating a courier in a live broadcast involving a large number of viewers, stealing the artist's address, relaying it, and disclosing the artist's personal information to the public. At that time, the police identified four people who participated in the live broadcast as suspects and sent two people who called the artist directly to the prosecution.
At the trial held until recently, the defendants admitted all the crimes and claimed that they wanted leniency, saying they had committed these criminal acts out of fan sentiment against the artist, but we inform you that each of the two defendants was fined KRW 3 million. Thank you very much for your interest and valuable information that have helped us to take legal action against artists like this.
To this day, the artist's phone number or home address has been unauthorized, calling or visiting, and the artist has been complaining of pain but has endured it because he is a celebrity, but he is complaining of serious mental pain as that level is difficult for individuals to handle. Let me reiterate that this is not an act of expressing interest in the artist, but a serious criminal act that instills fear in the artist and causes mental damage.
In addition, in order to protect our artists, we continue to monitor and take legal action against the above acts as well as those that violate their rights and honor, and await the results of various complaints. Please stop violating the artist's privacy immediately and take care not to get involved in anything unsavory.
Thank you.
yaqqol@sportschosun.com
