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Busan Investment YouTuber Stabbed by a Viewer Who Lost Money
A stock-tips YouTuber in his forties was stabbed and seriously wounded in Busan on July 13 by a man in his twenties, who was arrested for attempted murder; Korean media report the suspect had lost money following the YouTuber's stock recommendations. Japanese commenters split between blaming the attacker under the 'investing is at your own risk' principle and cold disdain for influencers who hype supposedly guaranteed stock picks, with some warning that Japan's own influencer-driven investing boom could produce similar trouble.