A nationwide police investigation and crackdown on jeonse fraud that took place from July 2022 to May 2023 found that around ** percent of jeonse fraud cases in South Korea were for multi-household homes or villas. According to the source, the amount lost through jeonse fraud in South Korea in that timespan totaled million South Korean won. Jeonse is a rental system unique to South Korea where tenants pay a large sum of deposit, usually equivalent to more than half of the property's value, in exchange for two years rent. This deposit is meant to be returned by the end of the rental period, but in jeonse fraud the tenants fail to get their deposit back.
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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea). (June 8, 2023). Share of jeonse fraud cases in South Korea from July 2022 to May 2023, by housing type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1393607/south-korea-share-of-jeonse-fraud-cases-by-housing-type/
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea). "Share of jeonse fraud cases in South Korea from July 2022 to May 2023, by housing type." Chart. June 8, 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/1393607/south-korea-share-of-jeonse-fraud-cases-by-housing-type/
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea). (2023). Share of jeonse fraud cases in South Korea from July 2022 to May 2023, by housing type. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 28, 2026. /statistics/1393607/south-korea-share-of-jeonse-fraud-cases-by-housing-type/
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea). "Share of Jeonse Fraud Cases in South Korea from July 2022 to May 2023, by Housing Type." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 8 Jun 2023, /statistics/1393607/south-korea-share-of-jeonse-fraud-cases-by-housing-type/
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea), Share of jeonse fraud cases in South Korea from July 2022 to May 2023, by housing type ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1393607/south-korea-share-of-jeonse-fraud-cases-by-housing-type/ (last visited July 28, 2026)
Share of jeonse fraud cases in South Korea from July 2022 to May 2023, by housing type [Graph], Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea), June 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1393607/south-korea-share-of-jeonse-fraud-cases-by-housing-type/
