{"id":244,"date":"2025-06-03T12:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenfiremin.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2025-06-06T09:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:33:56","slug":"lvmpd-charges-wsop-gambler-and-partner-for-57m-exotic-vehicle-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greenfiremin.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/lvmpd-charges-wsop-gambler-and-partner-for-57m-exotic-vehicle-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"LVMPD Charges WSOP Gambler and Partner for $57m Exotic Vehicle Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post LVMPD Charges WSOP Gambler and Partner for $57m Exotic Vehicle Scam<\/a> appeared first on Vegas Slots Online News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Scam pair charged<\/h2>\n

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has charged a couple for masterminding a luxury vehicle, boat investment fraud scheme and pocketing almost $60m.<\/p>\n

According to the Las Vegas-Review-Journal <\/em>on Monday, Jong Rhee, 45, and Neelufar Rhee, 34, allegedly duped investors into believing the luxury items \u201cwould be resold to overseas buyers at massive profit margins.\u201d<\/p>\n

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spend several days playing poker.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The LVMPD stated the Rhees used the investor\u2019s money to fund their lavish lifestyles, which included Jong\u2019s participation in the World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas and similar tournaments, and \u201cwould often spend several days playing poker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scam unravels<\/h2>\n

The LVMPD issued a news release with a YouTube link of some of the recovered vehicles<\/a>, including a luxury motor yacht and Bugatti supercars. <\/p>\n

Police claim the Rhees duo ran the alleged scam through two businesses they owned in Las Vegas and Henderson, namely Twisted Twins Motorsports L<\/a>L<\/a>C and Lusso Auto Spa<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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could sell for $7.5m despite being valued at $526,000<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Metro cited a case of a 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre that Jong\u00a0stated he could sell for $7.5m despite being valued at $526,000.\u00a0The couple\u2019s lavish lifestyle built on fraud, however, eventually caught up to them, with detectives finding texts revealing the Rhees \u201cwere under intense pressure due to mounting debts, delayed payments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last October, a search warrant executed on both the Rhees\u2019 $2m Henderson home and their businesses led to police seizing \u201cdozens of high-end cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poker gamble fails<\/h2>\n

8 News Now I<\/em>nvestigators cited police documents it obtained revealing that, in desperation, Jong bet the couple\u2019s last $10,000 to gamble<\/a> in the World Series of Poker in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That year at a poker event, police reports state, \u201cJong told Neelufar, \u2018I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve lost 99% 4 [sic] times in [my] whole life now 4 [sic] times in one month.\u2019\u201d The report added Jong \u201cbelieved that a big win would solve all of their money issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rhees\u2019 face 78 felony charges<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Hail Mary didn\u2019t arrive and instead the Rhees\u2019 face 78 felony charges, including money laundering and racketeering, when they appear in court June 9.  <\/p>\n

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