MC Mong Accused of Not Paying Staff Wages, Severance

Singer MC Mong held a live broadcast denying allegations of illegal gambling and embezzlement of company funds, but former agency employees have retaliated by exposing unpaid wages and severance pay. During the live broadcast, MC Mong mentioned MBC's "PD Notebook" requesting an interview and strongly denied the allegations of gambling with company funds, stating, "It doesn't make sense." He also revealed the company's massive investment scale and operating costs, appealing his unfairness.

MC Mong made particularly critical remarks towards former agency employees, and netizens, presumed to be former employees, responded on social media. They claimed, "​It would have been enough if they had paid wages on time, but I still haven't received my salary," and revealed that national pension, health insurance, and severance pay were all in arrears. They also criticized it as unfair to attack employees who endured by working part-time because they hadn't received their money.

Another former employee also exposed that wages, severance pay, annual leave allowances, as well as the four major insurances and national pension were in arrears. He stated that the practical staff suffered due to long-term delays in account settlements and pointed out that fund management was carried out in the same way despite several changes in the representative. This employee demanded, "The person holding the purse strings should properly pay those who are owed money, whether they are employees, artists, or business partners."

MC Mong was embroiled in various suspicions after being suddenly excluded from work at One Hundred in June of last year. One Hundred is currently experiencing conflicts with its affiliated singers over unpaid settlement fees, with Lee Seung-gi, Lee Mu-jin, Viviz, and Chenbaekxi notifying the termination of their exclusive contracts, and The Boyz filing a lawsuit against Chairman Cha Ga-won for embezzlement.