K-star Cha Eun Woo Under Investigation for Alleged Tax Evasion of Around $13.6 Million USD

Oh this is not good news to wake up and see for me. If true what a shame, a career tanked to save on taxes. K-ent is reporting that actor-singer Cha Eun Woo is under investigation for tax evasion by the government, and it actually started in spring of 2025 so last year. The gist of it is, his agency Fantagio signed a contract with a personal office company where Cha Eun Woo’s mom is listed as the sole director, and paid that company to manage Cha Eun Woo’s promotional activities. The investigation is looking into whether that is tax evasion as payments to the company for services will less pay taxes, and because that company is allegedly a shell company with no office and staff so how could it perform the services it was paid for. True dat. Netizens are now saying Cha Eun Woo enlisting in July of 2025 last year so close to the investigation starting was to go hide in the army and hope this news doesn’t come out until it’s resolved. The amount of alleged unpaid taxes is $13.6M USD which is the highest amount to date of any Korean star that has been investigated for tax evasion. Ouch. I’m not saying he will be permanently cancelled even if this is found to be true, in Mainland China he would have been, but in South Korea plenty of stars have been investigated for tax evasion, found to owe taxes, paid it, issued an abject apology, and gone on with their careers. Except it will always be mentioned by the netizens going forward calling that person a “tax dodger”.