The Blackpink girls are no strangers to headlines, but this week band member Lisa landed herself in the press for the wrong reasons after she was scammed by her manager for a whopping one billion Korean won (US$832,600). It’s no secret celebrities and their managers often have close relationships and generally spend a lot of time together. Sadly, there are some shady managers out there who can’t resist taking advantage of these close relationships. For legal reasons, the managers are unnamed. When K-pop fans become ‘sasaeng’ fans – and start stalking their idols How Blackpink’s Lisa was scammed View this post on Instagram A post shared by LISA (@lalalalisa_m) on Feb 23, 2020 at 4:17pm PST On June 2, YG Entertainment confirmed that Lisa was scammed out of one billion won by her manager, referred to as A. “A” gambled Lisa’s money away when he was meant to help her with a real estate investment. YG released a statement saying that, “Manager ‘A’ has reimbursed a part of the sum and has left the company after agreeing on a reimbursement plan for the rest of the sum.” The statement also included Lisa’s sweet wish “to settle this amicably, as the former manager was someone Lisa had trusted.” “A” has been a long time employee at YG, and worked very closely with Blackpink even before their debut in 2016. Fans even knew him as he was caught on camera during Blackpink’s reality show Blackpink House . Song Hye-kyo threatened with an acid attack? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Song Hye Kyo | 송헤교 (@songhyekyo.ig) on Apr 17, 2020 at 8:55pm PDT In 2005, Song Hye-kyo’s mother received a life threatening mail. She was blackmailed to prepare 250 million won – or else acid would be thrown at her and Song Hye-kyo. The mail added, “Think well, if you don’t want to see your daughter’s body rot and melt down forever.” The police investigation revealed the blackmailer to be Song Hye-kyo’s former manager, who worked with her for three years in the past. After getting fired, his bank balance flunked, so he put his mind to work and came up with this nefarious scheme. K-dramas that are a hit overseas or which have inspired foreign adaptations Son Dam-bi’s manager stole her entire belongings with a removals truck View this post on Instagram #손담비 #동백꽃필무렵 #백상예술대상 ⠀ 손담비 씨가 '제56회 백상예술대상' TV 부문 조연상(여) 후보에 올랐습니다! ⠀ 손담비 씨는 '동백꽃 필 무렵'에서 향미를 맡아 얄밉지만 사랑스러운 캐릭터로 통통 튀는 매력을 발산했는데요. ⠀ 향미를 손담비의 '인생 캐릭터'로 등극시키며 배우로서의 무한한 가능성을 증명했습니다. ⠀ '동백꽃 필 무렵은' 손담비 씨를 비롯해 작품상, 연출상, 극본상, 최우수연기상(남-강하늘, 여-공효진), 조연상(남-오정세, 여-염혜란), 신인상(남-김강훈) 총 8개 부문에 9명의 후보가 올랐습니다. ⠀ 손담비 씨에게 많은 응원과 사랑 부탁드리며, '동백꽃 필 무렵'에 보내 주신 사랑에 감사드립니다. ⠀ #SonDamBi #향미 #KBS드라마 #백상 #백상후보 #여자조연상 #작품상 #연출상 #극본상 #인생드라마 #까멜리아 #차영훈연출 #임상춘작가 #공효진 #강하늘 #오정세 #염혜란 #김강훈 A post shared by 키이스트 (@keyeastofficial) on May 7, 2020 at 11:50pm PDT What’s the worst thing a homeowner can imagine? Returning home to find your apartment completely empty. During her K-pop diva days around 2008, Son Dam-bi returned home to find her entire belongings robbed from her apartment. And the culprit? Yup, it was her manager, who took off with all the furniture, and even her undergarments – with a removal truck, to help pay for gambling debts. Today, Son Dam-bi may be most recognisable for playing Hyang Mi in the drama When the Camellia Blooms , but she also had a thriving K-pop career with her biggest hits On a Saturday Night and Crazy . “I was so busy at the time that I didn’t even have time to install proper security for my place. Of course I told my manager the password because we were always together,” Son recalled when she appeared in the JTBC show Knowing Bros . Crazy, right? Blackpink x fashion: why did Chanel choose Jennie and who got Rosé? Kim Seon-kyeong lost her 280 million rent deposit You may know her from the drama series The World of the Married , as the mother of Yeo Da-kyung. Kim Seon-kyeong recalled when her former manager betrayed her for her money in the TV program No way I’m an Adult. “He was like a brother I’ve known for 10 years,” she said. “At the time, I was on the lookout for a new place to live, but I was shooting at an island.” She had given the money to her manager to look for it instead, but he used it all up. After this incident, Kim Seon-kyeong said that she now has issues in trusting people. Lee Jong-hyuk’s manager lied that his mother had cancer for money View this post on Instagram A post shared by 이종혁 (@actorjonghyuk) on Dec 11, 2019 at 4:24am PST Excuses – they can be acceptable or unacceptable … in this case, it is the latter. The manager lied to Lee Jong-hyeok saying he needed money to pay for the hospital bills for his mum who had cancer, and received 5 million won (US$4,160) from Lee in 2013. The manager didn’t stop here but used the same tactic on six other actors in the same agency. The reason behind this? He needed to pay his personal debts. BTS blazed a trail for K-pop fans of SuperM, NCT 127 and NCT Dream Jung Joon-ho was robbed of 80 million won by his manager View this post on Instagram A post shared by 배우 정준호 팬스타그램 (@jungjunho_fan) on Apr 23, 2019 at 7:40am PDT Jung Joon-ho, who played the role of Kang Joon-sang in the hit drama Sky Castle , also lost his money via his manager’s sneaky hands in 2012. The trusted confidant withdrew a total of 80 million won, little by little over 29 times, while Jung was out shooting. It turns out that this manager already had a criminal record of theft and gambling, but he had the nerve to steal again from his celeb client. Want more stories like this? Sign up here . Follow STYLE on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and Twitter .