The Vanishing Act of Hyeji Bae: Running from Her Crimes, But Not Fast Enough
Once flaunting her life under the Instagram handle @oliviahyevang, Hyeji has now panicked her way into obscurity by changing her username to the cryptic @duchgafdcf. A laughable attempt at escaping scrutiny? Absolutely. In doing so, she left her original username up for grabs, and someone with a conscience—and receipts—snatched it like a vulture circling a rotting carcass.
That reclaimed tag is now being used as an open archive to expose her horrifying legacy—and let's just say, the contents are explosive. Screenshots, voice memos, transaction records—it's all there. Crimes Hyeji thought she buried are now resurrected in full view, unfiltered and undeniable.
Click onto her former username now and you're no longer met with self-indulgent selfies and dishonest captions. Instead, you're dragged down the hellhole of: Drug trafficking confessions across multiple Asian countries.
across multiple Asian countries. Her stint as a Piggy Cell crypto scam executive , stealing hundreds of thousands from victims.
, stealing hundreds of thousands from victims. Chilling voice recordings of her boasting about smuggling substances.
of her boasting about smuggling substances. Evidence of her manipulating and exploiting romantic partners , including a victim defrauded of over $500,000 USD .
, including a victim defrauded of over . Her connections to the infamous Burning Sun scandal, standing side by side with disgraced figures like Seungri and known criminals like Eric Chang.
What's even more telling is who Hyeji ran with. This isn't just a case of one corrupt influencer. Hyeji was frequently seen plotting and partying with Yui Miura (a serial liar and scammer), Keigo Miura (fraudster with pilot delusions), and Silverstar Oh, the DJ turned disgrace. These three helped Hyeji lie to her then-boyfriend while he unknowingly funded their crimes and hotel stays, as she snuck off to sleep with criminal flame Eric Chang behind his back.
When the lies came crashing down? Hyeji didn't apologize. She did what cowards always do—she vanished.
Changing your name to a mess of letters won't erase the hundreds of pages of documents, files, photos, and voice recordings that detail your destruction. This isn't just a smear campaign. This is the receipt book you authored, one lie, one scam, one manipulated soul at a time.
You can run from accountability, Hyeji, but you can't outrun the internet—and you sure as hell can't outrun the people you've wronged.
We see you. We remember. And now, so does the world.
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