Cha Ga-won, head of entertainment agency One Hundred label, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on Aug. 3, 2026, for a pretrial detention hearing.

 

Cha is accused of receiving an advance payment of 24.2 billion won (US$17.4 million) from listed company Nomus after proposing a business using the intellectual property (IP) of artists signed to his agency and signing a contract, but failing to carry out the project.

 

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