Viral Post Drags 97-Liners Into ASTRO Cha Eunwoo’s Tax Evasion Scandal

Many have defended the idol.
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Recently, ASTRO‘s Cha Eunwoo was accused of tax evasion.

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ASTRO’s Cha Eunwoo

Eunwoo was notified by the National Tax Service that he owes over ₩20.0 billion KRW (about $13.7 million USD) in additional taxes, including income tax, on charges of tax evasion. The assessment is the result of a tax audit conducted before Cha Eunwoo enlisted in the military in July last year and is one of the largest additional tax assessments ever imposed on a celebrity.

The idol has denied the allegations through his agency, but has already faced repercussions.

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Now, unexpectedly, SEVENTEEN‘s Mingyu and the other 97-liners  has been drawn into the allegations.

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SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu

Both of the idols are part of the 97-line of friends and have often been spotted together outside of activities.

A photo of the idols has gone viral on X, showing them sitting at a cafe somewhere. The caption focuses on the face they’re sharing a drink and mentions Eunwoo’s current scandal.

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He doesn’t pay 20 billion won in taxes, but at a café the two of them share just one drink.

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On this vial post, other tweets mentioning the other members of the friend group, including BTS’s Jungkook and GOT7’s Yugyeom were mad.

  • These men are something else.
    Chasing women, committing crimes, and even evading taxes — real multitaskers.
  • They take all the chicken for themselves and only let you have one bite.

The timing of the photos and incident were several years ago, which means they have no connection to his ongoing scandal. Many defending Mingyu specifically on the original post, questioning why he was brought into it.

  • You little punk, 2018 was SEVENTEEN’s Pledis slave era, are you crazy? Why are people digging up photos from that long ago just to drag them? How long are we supposed to keep getting hit for things we didn’t even do wrong?
  • Whaaat??? He committed tax evasion??? I can’t just sit still~!!!
    So they go frantically digging up a 2018 photo that’s not even a solo shot and has nothing to do with it, and start poking at Mingyu like ‘hehehe, gotcha~~~’
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