{"id":163317,"date":"2026-04-03T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=163317"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:56:10","slug":"txts-soobin-takes-a-taxi-driver-to-justice-after-an-attempted-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/txts-soobin-takes-a-taxi-driver-to-justice-after-an-attempted-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"TXT&#8217;s Soobin takes a taxi driver to justice after an attempted scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent reports revealed that <strong>TXT&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Soobin<\/strong> took a taxi driver to justice after an attempted scam; he managed the situation and shared with fans to generate awareness about these incidents while traveling.<\/p>\n<p>On April 1st, the K-Pop idol shared a new vlog during his visit to <strong>Cebu City<\/strong> in the Philippines, but while he was traveling in a taxi with a friend, the driver tried to scam him, and the moment was captured on video.<\/p>\n<p>Before taking the taxi, Soobin checked a ride-hailing app and saw the estimated fare was approximately <strong>300 Philippine pesos<\/strong>. Initially, the driver told him he would charge <strong>500 Philippine pesos<\/strong>, and the idol agreed due to his fatigue.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0RJ4pvNRKik\" title=\"\uc218\ube48\uc774\uc758 \ub118 \uc990\uac81\uace0 \ub118 \ud798\ub4e0 \ud734\uac00 | TXT-LOG | TXT (\ud22c\ubaa8\ub85c\uc6b0\ubc14\uc774\ud22c\uac8c\ub354)\ufe0f\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0RJ4pvNRKik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Later, while they were already in the car, the driver tried to double the fare to <strong>1000 Philippine pesos<\/strong>, arguing that fuel was expensive. The idol stood firm, remembering the advice of his member <strong>Taehyun<\/strong>, who told him to act upset in a similar situation.<\/p>\n<p>Although they ultimately only paid the initially agreed fare of 500 Philippine pesos, the incident was captured on video and quickly went <strong>viral<\/strong> on social media, drawing the attention of <strong>transportation authorities<\/strong> in the Philippines, who took action.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmanews\/status\/2039898614214844477\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has issued a show cause order against the operator of a taxi allegedly involved in an overcharging incident with K-pop star Soobin in Cebu City.<\/p>\n<p>According to the LTFRB, the taxi unit has been suspended for 30 days\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zSAOrTZsVK\">pic.twitter.com\/zSAOrTZsVK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GMA News (@gmanews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmanews\/status\/2039898614214844477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The authorities (<strong>LTFRB<\/strong>) issued a<em> &#8220;show cause order&#8221;<\/em> against the taxi driver and <strong>suspended the vehicle<\/strong> for 30 days, while the taxi agency launched an investigation to <strong>sanction<\/strong> the driver; this decisive response of the authorities has been applauded by city residents who hope such crimes will not be repeated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent reports revealed that TXT&#8217;s Soobin took a taxi driver to justice after an attempted scam; he managed the situation and shared with fans to generate awareness about these incidents while traveling. On April 1st, the K-Pop idol shared a new vlog during his visit to Cebu City in the Philippines, but while he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":163323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[1378,1082],"class_list":{"0":"post-163317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kpop","8":"category-news","9":"tag-soobin","10":"tag-txt"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163322,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163317\/revisions\/163322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}