Dex, Severe Damage from ‘270 Million’ Lease Fraud Still Happening “It Was Relentless, It Was Very Hard” [Comprehensive]

YouTuber and broadcaster Dex (Kim Jin-young) confessed that he was unable to escape the lease fraud.

On the 13th, a video looking back on 2024 and making plans for 2025 was released on Dex‘s YouTube channel.

Dex, who took a month-long break at the end of last year, said, “I decided to take my schedule leisurely this year to focus on YouTube”. Dex plans to continue his YouTube activities with the themes of travel, challenge, and experience. He said that he is interested in horseback riding and shooting, and “If I’m going to try something, there has to be some danger at the base. I think it comes from the absence of dopamine. He joked, “I‘m a person whose brain is soaked in dopamine, so I need to recharge my dopamine.”

He said that he wanted to include the lives of his UDT colleagues as experiential documentary content. He explained that many of his UDT colleagues are firefighters and Coast Guard special forces, and “I want to capture their joys and sorrows, including their daily lives.”

The production team suggested a collaboration with gay YouTuber Kim Ddol-dol and “Deck-jogi’s Parenting Diary.” Regarding the parenting diary, Dex said, “Two years ago, I really hated babies, but these days, they look cute. I‘m not getting married right away, so parenting is a distant dream, so I agreed to experience it. I think it’s okay. I think I need to meet someone who‘s really like ’Deck-jogi.‘”

He also shared his recent activities. Dex said, “I’m emptying things out. He said, ”I‘m emptying out the obsession with things I’ve held dear or things I couldn‘t throw away for some reason.“ He also revealed, ”In 2025, I want to lower my entertainment ratio and increase my acting ratio to focus.“

When the production team asked about the recent situation of the jeonse fraud, he said, ”I’ll try to deal with it soon. It‘s been about a year and a half and it still hasn’t been resolved. I‘ll bring a lawyer and deal with it soon.“ He also confessed, ”It became an issue in its own way and there were a lot of articles about it. I thought there would be something from the HUG (Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation), but of course it shouldn’t have been like that, but they were merciless. I‘m going through the same time and procedures. It’s very difficult.“

Dex previously confessed to being a victim of jeonse fraud in July 2023. It has been reported that 90% of the 270 million won deposit was borrowed and that HUG guarantee insurance was also signed up, but the issue was not resolved.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com