- Report: #554843
Complaint Review: Ramine I Akhavan - Berkeley California
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Rob -
Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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Ramine I Akhavan
2521 Piedmont Ave, #6 Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Ramine I Akhavan serial con artist, embezzler, thief who borrows money from poor friends and pregnant family members and dosen't pay it back Berkeley, California
I had known Ramine for ten years when he asked me for some money to pay for a car repair. He always spoke like a conscious and honorable person. So I helped him out with his car repair, I bailed him out of jail when he drove in the carpool lane, I helped him pay his rent. He promised he would keep records, pay me back quickly, and act like a normal person. Over time he borrowed $20,000.
Then it took him a while to start paying after he got a job. Then he started cooking up stories about how he couldn't pay as much. Then he lost his job and stopped paying all together. He kept telling victim stories about how he was screwed by this company and that.
His behavior became strange and unreliable after that. When I became more adamant about asking for payment, he started turning things around like he was doing me a favor and that I was acting abusively towards him.
Eventually I tracked down his sister. She immediately went into how he had screwed her by borrowing tens of thousands of dollars which he never paid back. She told me he had a 4.0 grade point average at UC Berkeley. She also confirmed that he is a mentally ill and can't control his borrowing. He has no other friends because he scams everyone he knows.
He is a very persuasive speaker and is knowledgeable about many things. Unfortunately, Ramine is very sick and cannot be trusted with anything of value.
Apparently he doesn't steal when he's working, but when he isn't, he looks to his victims to support his sense of entitlement, spending their money like monopoly money.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Rob
Palo Alto,California,
United States of America
jail for carpool lane
#2Author of original report
Fri, January 29, 2010
Apparently his registration had expired and he had a credit card (which I had lent him) with someone elses name on it.
I also want to say that I posted this report to inspire Ramine to wake up and get help. When I know that he is in the process of getting help and demonstrates a full commitment to pay his victims back with interest, I will update this posting. Once that is accomplished, I hope we can all get on with our lives.
Rob
Palo Alto,California,
United States of America
mood disorder
#3Author of original report
Fri, January 29, 2010
A psychologist told me that Ramine's pattern of taking loans he can't repay is likely driven by a mood disorder.
Ramine has also threatened to commit suicide to get money from his family.
axxx
United States of AmericaJail for carpool lane?
#4General Comment
Thu, January 28, 2010
Not that I claim to know the penalty for carpool lane violations in each of the 50 states - but if he went to jail it was probably not for that....
Rob
Palo Alto,California,
United States of America
mood disorder
#5Author of original report
Thu, January 28, 2010
A psychologist told me that Ramine's pattern of taking loans he can't repay is likely driven by a mood disorder.
Ramine has also threatened to commit suicide to get money from his family.
