"'Illegal Gambling' Lee Jin-ho' only revealed the amount of debt '2.3 billion'"One-person officetel life after disposal of assets"
Oct 15, 2024
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On the 14th, SBS News 8 reportedly said that Lee Jin-ho borrowed more than 1 billion won from celebrities alone"The broadcaster's withdrawal is beginning," he said.
In addition, Lee Jin-ho was sued for fraud by an acquaintance for borrowing money and not paying it back. The complaint was filed with Goyang Police Station in Gyeonggi Province in early June, and the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul, which has jurisdiction over Lee Jin-ho's address, took over the case.
At that time, it was confirmed that Lee Jin-ho was accused of borrowing tens of millions of won from an acquaintance and not paying it back even though he was not capable of paying it back. However, it was found that the victim dropped the complaint when an agreement was reached between the parties early last month, and the police did not send the case. However, it has not been confirmed whether Lee Jin-ho borrowed money because of illegal gambling.
Earlier, Ten Asia reported that Lee Jin-ho borrowed 1.3 billion won without collateral from a loan company. Lee Jin-ho asked the company's CEO to lend him 1.3 billion won because he would spend only a week, and the company trusted his fellow celebrity and Lee Jin-ho's fame and gave him a short-term loan without collateral. However, the company's demand grew as the years went by, and Lee Jin-ho only recently contacted the company, saying he would somehow make money to pay off the debt.
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As for why Lee Jin-ho fell into illegal gambling on the Internet, the YouTuber said, `Since the beginning of this year, rumors have spread quickly that Lee Jin-ho has been going around to borrow money from his acquaintancesLee 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.
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