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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) \u2014 South Korean police are pushing for an indictment of music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk,<\/a> the chairperson of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS,<\/a> over alleged investor fraud.<\/p>\n

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency referred Bang to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors\u2019 Office on Thursday, asking him to be indicted on a charge of violating the capital markets act, according to the police agency and the prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

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