Blackpink's Lisa has been scammed of 1 billion KRW (S$1,148,040) by her group's former manager.

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According to South Korean news outlet Market News, the manager had asked for money to help her invest in real estate purchases.

However, he had allegedly used the money for gambling instead.

Former manager paying back

Blackpink's entertainment agency also released a statement confirming the incident.

YG Entertainment stated that the manager is no longer with the company.

He has also paid back a portion of the total amount, and will be paying the remaining sum accordingly.

According to the statement, the former manager was someone that she "trusted", and Lisa has expressed her wish to settle the issue amicably.

Here's the statement in full:

"After investigating internally, we have learned that Lisa was scammed by a former manager, 'A'.

Due to Lisa's wishes to bring the matter to a settlement quietly, as 'A' was a manager whom Lisa trusted; 'A' has repaid a portion of their debt and will be repaying the remainder of the amount accordingly. 'A' is also currently no longer an employee of the company.

We would like to bow our heads in apology for causing severe concern to many fans who love our artists. We are currently greatly disconcerted over 'A's actions, taking ill-advantage of an artist's trust; we feel the significant weight of the responsibility and the misdirection of this.

We will prepare preventative measures to ensure that such a concerning event does not happen again."

Fans' support for Lisa

Following the revelation of this incident,  Lisa trended as number one on Twitter with fans tweeting their support for the K-pop idol.

Here are some of them:

Aww.

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