Arash Ghaneian Vegas Arash Scammed Cousin out of $100,000 Las Vegas Nevada

Arash Ghaneian aka "Vegas Arash” is professional poker player for a living. He is also scams for a living. He was said to be affiliated with a bookie named "Mike” and identifies himself as the middleman with all gambling transactions, moreover online sports betting.

He referred his cousin to "Mike” yet never revealed Mikes last name, phone number, or any relevant information to prove "Mike’s” existence. In fairness, he claims he did this to protect "Mikes” identity and as the middleman, it was his job to communicate on behalf of both parties (bettor and bookie).

His cousin lost nearly over $80,000 just from losing his bets. He paid every single time with cash. In one instance, he issued a blank check because he didn’t know who to issue the name to since "Mikes” information was never provided.

He gave the blank check to Arash and Arash deposited that check to his own personal checking account. Very strange why he would do that rather than just give the check to "Mike”, who is really owed the money.

Arash would drive all the way from Nevada to California to collect his cousins losses and was said to deliver the money to "Mike”. Arash waived his 20% referral commission he received from "Mike” as a kickback to his cousin for his losses. For example, if his cousin lost $10,000 in a week, he would only owe $8,000 because Arash would waive his 20% commission.

After months of losing ($80,000 total) his cousin stopped playing. A few months went by and his cousin decided to play again. He was up for once and was owed $32,000. Arash was said to come deliver the money the next day but when the day came, he didn’t want to make the drive this time around. Very strange.

Every time his cousin owed money, he was always at his door step the day of, but now he doesn’t want to make the drive. Anyways, he said one of "Mikes” guys was to deliver the money to him because he was local to his cousin in California. The delivery never happened that day.

He claimed "Mike” had gotten raided and busted by the police, the same day he was supposed to pay his cousin. Then he claimed "Mike” had left town. Then he claimed "Mike” was broke and need a month to liquidate his assets.

Then he said "Mike” will try to have only HALF of his dues paid by the end of the month, then he claimed he had a check (which his cousin would not accept), then he made his cousin wait a week for the check to clear so he can deliver him cash. As you would expect, the "check” never cleared and he said that "Mike” had threatened him and did not want to deal with this matter as a middleman anymore.

After being accused by his cousin and his cousins friends of being the bookie himself, Arash refuted the claim. They asked Arash to provide them with "Mikes” information, which Arash refused to do for some reason.

All they wanted from Arash was to prove "Mikes” existence because they were skeptical of Arash’s involvement in this whole ordeal and thought he was the bookie himself collecting all that money for himself and finding a scapegoat in "Mike” as an excuse not to pay when his cousin was finally owed money.

As of now, not a dollar has been paid and it is an ongoing matter. If anyone has any relevant information they have about this scumbag, please help in EXPOSING him.