Lee Jin-ho's Debt Size of 2.3 Billion…From illegal gambling to private loans.

Comedian Lee Jin-ho's illegal gambling scale attracts attention.

On the 14th, Lee Jin-ho confessed to illegal gambling and cleared out unaffordable debts, and it turned out that the amount was more than 2 billion won.

In the evening, SBS News 8 reported that Lee Jin-ho borrowed more than 1 billion won from a fellow celebrity. The total amount of money borrowed from loan companies is 1.3 billion won, and the total amount of money borrowed is more than 2.3 billion won.

It was also reported on the same day that he was accused of fraud in June because he borrowed tens of millions of won from an acquaintance and failed to pay it back.

Lee Jin-ho borrowed 100 million won from BTS Jimin and tens of millions of won from broadcaster Lee Soo-geun. Since then, reports have continued that Lee Soo-geun has also been loaned to acquaintances of Lee Soo-geun, causing damage such as repayment on his behalf.

In addition, celebrities close to Lee Jin-ho, such as Youngtak and Ha Sung-woon, lent him money, and broadcasting station executives, producers, and writers were said to have suffered similar damage.

Meanwhile, on the YouTube channel 'Entertainment President', 'Shocking Exclusive'! Lee Soo-geun's reaction to lending money... A video titled 'Listening to Lee Jin-ho' came up.

In the video, he said, "Lee Jin-ho got to know the businessman through the introduction of his acquaintances from 2018 to 2019, and he invested all of his assets while investing, and encouraged his acquaintances to invest a large amount of money."

However, both he and his acquaintances blew up the investment, and they were said to have intentionally reimbursed a large portion of the amount they lost.

After that, he started gambling on the Internet, and after recording the broadcast, he went home and was immersed in gambling on the Internet, and even loan sharks borrowed money.

Lee Jin-ho said he is currently living in a single-person officetel in Gyeonggi-do after disposing of all his assets.

Earlier, Lee Jin-ho confessed to illegal gambling through his account and confessed that he was in considerable debt.

"In 2020, I started playing on an Internet illegal gambling site as an accidental opportunity, and I got a debt that I couldn't afford," he said. I'm so ashamed, and I'm sorry," he said in a lengthy post.

Lee Jin-ho, who was born in 1986, became popular as a "Woong's father" after debuting as a comedian for SBS' 7th specialty club in 2005. He also played in tvN's "Comedy Big League."

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