'Bond debt alone is KRW 1.3 billion' Lee Jin-ho, "Currently living in an officetel for one person after disposal of all assets"

Oct 14, 2024

'Bond debt alone is KRW 1.3 billion' Lee Jin-ho, 'Currently living in an officetel for one person after disposal of all assets'
The recent situation of comedian Lee Jin-ho, who confessed to illegal gambling on the Internet, has been revealed.

On the 14th, the YouTube channel 'Entertainment President'Shock Only! Lee Soo-geun's reaction to lending money.. A video titled 'Lee Jin-ho' was released.

On this day, the YouTuber revealed why Lee Jin-ho fell into illegal gambling on the Internet. Since the beginning of this year, rumors have quickly spread through word of mouth from industry insiders that `Lee Jin-ho goes around to borrow money from his acquaintances.'Lee Jin-ho's name was mentioned not only by his colleagues and broadcasting officials, but also by loan sharks in Gangnam.

Lee Jin-ho then revealed that there was an `investment failure' as to why he suddenly began to touch illegal gambling on the Internet. He said "Between 2018 and 2019, Lee Jin-ho was introduced to a businessman. Through this businessman, this acquaintance was encouraged to invest in a company directly run by him. After being introduced by a reliable person, Lee Jin-ho invested some of his assets in the company"At first, I recovered some of the investment and made money. As a result, Lee Jin-ho invested all of the large amounts of assets he had collected through broadcasting activities in the company. He also encouraged his acquaintances to invest, and his acquaintances raised a large amount of money and invested in this company", he explained.

"However, this investment failed, and Lee Jin-ho lost all the large amount of money he had collected through broadcasting activities. My acquaintances also lost all their funds. "Because of their investment recommendation, not only themselves but also their acquaintances could not get a penny, and all of them lost their investment. At that time, Lee Jin-ho reportedly reimbursed a large portion of the amount to acquaintances who lost money because of him. In fact, there was no obligation to reimburse it instead because it was an investment, but the related amount was deliberately reimbursed. The amount was also considerable," he added.

"Lee Jin-ho, who lost all his fortune, spent a lot of time at home during the COVID-19 period, and eventually Lee Jin-ho ended up gambling on the Internet," he said.

The YouTuber said that `Lee Jin-ho's addiction is said to have been considerable' and"When the broadcast was over, the days of Internet gambling continued, and as a result, the situation of borrowing money from loan sharks continued.'

He said that he has now completely stopped gambling on the Internet, adding that he is said to have disposed of all his assets and continues to live in a one-person officetel somewhere in Gyeonggi Province, and rarely left the house unless he was filming on TV.

'Bond debt alone is KRW 1.3 billion' Lee Jin-ho, 'Currently living in an officetel for one person after disposal of all assets'
On the other hand, Lee Jin-ho confessed to illegal gambling through his account. Lee Jin-ho said "I started playing games on illegal gambling sites on the Internet by chance in 2020, and I got a debt I couldn't afford. I was able to belatedly wake up to the tingling advice of my acquaintances and the fear that I might never be able to do this thing I love again, but I've already had financial help from a lot of people"I'm constantly paying back my money every month, and I'm going to repay all of this debt on my own until I die." he said.

In particular, after Lee Jin-ho's illegal gambling was reported, his celebrity acquaintances who borrowed money were BTS Jimin, Lee Soo-geun and Ha Sung-woon, and it is said that bond debt alone is 1.3 billion won.



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