Police impose travel ban on Japanese K-pop trainee over alleged fraud

“Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station recently banned the trainee from leaving Korea after the group's management agency had filed a complaint over his having previously signed with another company. According to police and the agency, the man, whose identity is being withheld, walked out on a six-member boy group last December, two months ahead of its debut, citing "broken trust." The group had already shot a music video and released its first single on streaming platforms. The agency had also unveiled all six members of the group, which is currently working as a quintet sans the Japanese member. The agency belatedly learned that the missing member had already signed a deal with another management company, but he reneged on his commitment with that company as well. "He had signed with Korean agencies and made them spend large amounts of money on him, and then gone missing just before his groups were about to make their debuts," the agency that filed the police complaint said. "Smaller agencies may not pursue legal action in these instances because doing so can be time-consuming and costly, a

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