Here is a novel concept: why not start going after the unlicensed businesses that are collecting room taxes, but not paying them! I have a perfect example:

Take a look at Konstantinos Anastasio Kouris, he is the owner of Travel Link Unlimited, and this is what he did:

http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/T...

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaint...

First of all Travel Link Unlimited has never been licensed to do business in Clark County, but has been renting Condominiums at the Meridian Private Residences, located on the Northeast corner of Koval Lane & Flamingo, for years. Mr. Kouris & his side kick Alex Wong have been caught renting out bank owned units, a perfect example of this is the $40,000+ that he charged a company from Boston for their stay at the Meridian, for multiple clients, who were attending a convention here in Las Vegas in April of this year. At least, two of the units he rented were bank-owned at the time, this is known because two of the condominiums were locked up by the bank during their stay. The stay itself was for less than 7 days, which is an illegal use of the property per Clark County DA Warhola. Mr. Kouris collected room tax for the stay, but being unlicensed and off the radar he is pocketing the tax. He is not paying income tax on what he is collecting as he tries to deal as much as possible in cash, which cannot be traced...so he thinks. Mr. Kouris was busted for running an illegal limousine service earlier this year, which he had been packaging with his vacation rental business. He is in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and he is hiding his assets from the bankruptcy trustee, along with the money he is illegally taking in. We have numerous signed leases with Mr. Kouris's name on them, even though he is not licensed as a Property Manager in this state. Mr. Kouris lost his Mortgage Agent license for something that he did. He was Director for a company called Travilliant, which bilked investors out of over a million dollars!

Currently, Mr. Kouris is working with Carl Marcello, Meridian LV, LLC, a company that Mr. Kouris originally formed as a partnership with Nicholas S. Gouletas/American Invsco, according to Konstantinos himself.

The County has been trying to audit Mr. Kouris since May/June of this year, but they have been unsuccessful getting anything out of him thus far...big surprise. If someone at the County started doing their job, maybe the County might be able to start collecting all of the monies due them, but that would take some effort on their part...not gonna happen!

In the meantime, if you happen to run across Mr. Kouris, don't walk away...run!

Nevada OSHA is toothless, and has been for quite some time! Unless you get rid of people like Stephen Coffield, who in my estimation is part of the problem...not part of the solution. Mr. Coffield had his chance to "do the right thing" and he made the conscious choice not to! He should be fired and replaced - he failed to protect us. Public corruption is what he should be investigated for along with the rest of Nevada OSHA. My vote is for Nevada OSHA to be closed down and replaced with Federal OSHA.

I personally know two 501 Engineers that were fired by Harrah's Entertainment for standing up for their rights regarding ASBESTOS exposure to them and the other workers, hotel employees and Guests of the hotel during a massive remodel at the Flamingo Hotel. Both were blacklisted from working in town...both filed whistleblower complaints with Nevada OSHA and Nevada OSHA did absolutely nothing...they refused to do anything! The OSHA investigator was a joke, and helped Harrah's again sweep illegal activity under the carpet.

Senator Harry Reid, you to are part of the problem rather than part of the solution. I contacted your office with very serious concerns, and you blew me off...you wouldn't get involved because it had to do with Harrah's Entertainment Inc., powerful friends that contribute to your warchest! I think that you are corrupt, with no ethics, & no morals...you are sir an embarrassment to the state of Nevada & more importantly to yourself. Now I know why the MOB nicknamed you "Cleanface" and everyone else can with the following link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1...

brooks250: You are right Nevada OSHA didn't kill anyone directly, but they certainly played there role by failing to uphold the law, and failing to enforce the laws when they were broken effectively. OSHA's actions & no-actions contributed to workers deaths in this state, there is absolutely no question about this!

What about the 10's of thousands of construction workers, hotel employees and hotel guests that were exposed to asbestos by Harrah's Entertainment Inc. during both their highly publicized illegal remodels & legal ones as well? Asbestos takes years to manifest itself, and though not as spectacular as an immediate death...it causes death just the same. I expect to be protected at work from such things by my employer, I do not expect, nor will I tolerate any company putting me willfully at risk like Harrah's has done over the years. The sickest thing of all about this is the fact that Harrah's knew about the Asbestos and they did everything that they could to hide it from their employees, they (Harrah's) willfully put us at risk for the sake of their precious bottom line. Gary Loveman should be so very proud of himself, he is the worst kind of scum that there is, putting money before the safety of his employees...he has no ethics what-so-ever.

Nevada State OSHA is a joke, and for that matter OSHA itself is a corrupt, useless agency which, as I see it, lost its way a long time ago forgetting that it was/is supposed to protect the workers from harm - not protect big business! Firsthand, I got to see Nevada OSHA bend to the pressure of Casinos...Harrahs, Boyd Gaming, MGM, the system is broken. There are strong laws, but they mean absolutely nothing if they are not enforced, and more importantly enforced to the full extent of the law! Slapping someones wrist, over and over again, is not going to change their evil ways.

For instance, Harrah's Entertainment Inc performed illegal remodels of thousands of their hotel rooms, in multiple hotels, over a period of 10+ years. They left every room that they touched unsafe for the public to stay in, and during these remodels Harrah's exposed their construction workers, hotel employees and Guests to ASBESTOS, a known carcenogenic, not once, not twice, but multiple times, and the real sick part of this is the fact that OSHA's ineptness & unwillingness to protect the public allowed Harrah's to contaminate all of us! There are Federal & State laws that cover ASBESTOS, but if not enforced what good are they? When I went to work for Harrah's at Harrah's, the company had absolutely no safeguards in place protecting us from the ASBESTOS, which they knew was located throughout the hotel. The law required proper training, the law required marking of the ASBESTOS areas - none of which Harrah's complied with. Harrah's willfully exposed all of us to ASBESTOS, and Nevada OSHA stood by and let it happen. In a perfect world, those responsible for this would be held accountable, investigated, fired and jailed for Public Corruption - they sold us out!

Taking a look at Federal OSHA and its troubles over the past few years they seem to be no better, setting a very poor example for State OSHA's. How hard is it to uphold the law? Is it asking too much of these agencies to do their job, no more no less? We, the American People need to stand up and let Washington know that this is unacceptable, that we will not tolerate this type of behavior any longer. Workers should be assured of a safe work environment, and if there are problems, those problems should be addressed immediately and fixed.

No more excuses, no more slaps on the wrist - make companies accountable for their actions or non-actions by enforcing the laws as they should be enforced by government entities that are willing to do their job. Make people accountable...what a novel concept, don't you think?

But, it was alright for Harrah's Entertainment Inc. to perform illegal remodels on their hotel rooms, which left the rooms as "public fire safety traps!" Every room that Harrah's touched was compromised, and to add insult to injury construction workers, hotel employees and Guests were exposed to asbestos during the course of their illegal remodels. Where I ask is Mr."in the casino pockets" Randall Sayre? He opened his mouth when Harrah's was initially exposed for their wrongdoing saying that if...if it were found to be a willful act the Gaming Control Board would consider taking appropriate action...Mr. Sayre what part of willful do you not understand? You are yet another gutless public official in Nevada unwilling to do your job protecting the people of this state & our visitors. You are part of the problem, certainly not the solution!

You chase down card counters, which is not illegal, but when the President of Caesars Palace was being taken care of by the owners of PURE nightclub, remember the "suit" money seen being given to him by staff at the club - you did nothing. You fined the owner of the Imperial Palace for his not in good taste "Hitler" themed party, which had no chance of harming anyone physically, but if any of Harrah's Hotels had been engulfed in a fire people would have died, and Harrah's would have been totally responsible for their deaths!

We the people of Nevada need to get rid of puppets like you & the rest of your Board Members, Senator Harry Reid, Commissioner Rory Reid, Commissioner Tom Collins, Nevada Contractors Board Investigator George Lyford & for that matter the rest of the Contractors Board, Director of Development Services Ron Lynn, Fire Chief Steven Smith, Deputy Fire Chief Girard Page, DA David Roger, Governor Gibbons, Sig Rogich, Nevada Medical Board, Nevada OSHA, the Nevada Convention & Visitors Authority, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Judge Jackie Glass, and the list goes on & on.

One thing that we haven't quite figured out yet is this:

Why was Sig Rogich seen on property at the Meridian early in 2005? And why was he the one that American Invsco called to help with the County when AI was busted for running an illegal hotel program?

One parting thought:

Shortly after the illegal hotel program was shut down, an American Invsco employee made this statement in public: "there is no need to worry because we (AI) have some very powerful people to help us...Sig Rogich & Rory Reid."

The Meridian Private Residences, located on the Northeast corner of Flamingo & Koval is yet another condominium conversion done by American Invsco, with none other than, the legend in his own mind, Nicholas S. Gouletas at the helm. With the help of Corus Bank American Invsco has been able to commit massive mortgage fraud in multiple states over many years. Take a look at the high rate of foreclosures, much higher than the norm, of American Invsco Projects, and simply ask yourself why? The simple answer is this: American Invsco is an organized criminal enterprise, which illegally used incentives, one being an almost "to good to be true" rental program...a program that paid for everything for the first two years - wow what a great company, and what a great opportunity...NOT!

It is illegal for a company to sell condominiums using the economic benefits & a guaranteed rental program as their primary sales tools...this breaks SEC laws and requires registration with the SEC, as the sales are considered to be securities! American Invsco knew this, yet they chose to ignore the law. American Invsco also submitted fraudulent paperwork to Fannie Mae, and they used/directed temporary workers to do so. Out of the 678 units at the Meridian, less than 15 units were owner occupied leaving the vast majority as investment properties.

Consider this: units at the Meridian are selling at 1/10th of what they were originally sold by American Invsco...recently there was a quote in the Review Journal, which stated: "if you didn't buy at the Meridian Private Residences you are not the worse off." Kind of sums it up...American Invsco with the help of their preferred lenders, appraisers and Title companies ripped off the American Public by putting together their very own AI Ponzi Scheme.

In a Nevada Real Estate Transaction, it is required that there be full disclosure of everything during the sale of a property, yet American Invsco failed to disclose the fact that their "special pay for everything rental program," was being funded right out of each individual buyer's mortgage.

Then American Invsco came up with a scheme to keep things going, early on, illegally turning the Meridian into a hotel-condo doing short term rentals for over 1.5 years - up until they were shutdown by Clark County DA Warhola in June of 2008. A check was written to the County for over $550,000.00 for room taxes which had not been paid during the course of the illegal hotel program being run.

Hopefully, Mr. Gouletas & his minions will be brought to justice, and I do believe that Mr. Nicholas S. Gouletas will be spending some quality retirement time with Bubba affectionately calling him "honey bun." Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Don't worry Nick, you are going to have plenty of company in the big house if the FBI/Department of Justice does their jobs!

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"The Gaming Control board is a group of selfserving,bought and controlled supposed investigators and protectors of the integrity of gaming, who infact are pawns of big gaming corporations and special interest groups.
CronkyVoddy You need to come out of your coma and see things for what they really are while resisting the temptation of making a fool of yourself by insulting other's rights to post their opinions." By homer 6/6/09 at 11:19 a.m

Homer, right on! The Nevada Gaming Control Board is yet another perfect example of the rampant corruption that we face in Nevada. I have a perfect example to share with all of you:

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc for more than a decade illegally remodeled several of their properties - no permits, no inspections...just thousands of unsafe rooms for the public to stay in, "public fire safety traps", which are now documented by both the Clark County Building & Fire Departments. Then toss in the fact that during the course of these illegal remodels Harrah's exposed the construction workers, their employees and their guests to ASBESTOS, a known carcenogenic! Guess where Harrah's disposed of the asbestos - yep, right to the local dump. Harrah's planned these illegal remodels years in advance, which makes it a willful act on their part...do all of you get this: Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. knew exactly what they were doing...willfully putting their Guests & employees at risk, in more than one way! A Nevada Gaming License means that you have greased the right palms, thus assuring yourself protection from prosecution. Harrah's didn't stop with just illegal remodels, and asbestos exposure...if one digs just a little you might find tax evasion, misappropriation of company funds, and who knows what else. If I were looking, I'd take a good look at Gary Loveman, Tom Jenkin, Jan Jones, Don Marrandino, Tom Adams, Mike Whitehead, Mike Nasby, Kirk England, George Kirkwood, Leon Vermillion, and be sure to throw in the rest of Harrah's illustrious Management Team. Don't leave out looking at Harrah's subsidiaries, because you never know what one might find!

The Nevada Gaming Control Board is one huge JOKE, and they rank right up there with the Nevada Medical Board, Nevada OSHA, Nevada Contractors Board, Nevada AG's Office, Governor Dumbo Gibbons & his pal Sig Rogich, Senator Harry Reid, Workman's Comp, Clark County DA David Roger's Office, Clark County Building & Fire Departments...etc...etc...etc - Corruption at its finest!

Yes folks it is true: "what happens in Vegas certainly stays in Vegas."

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What about the Meridian Private Residences located at 250 E. Flamingo (Flamingo & Koval Lane NE corner), where the self proclaimed king of condo conversions Nicholas S. Gouletas/American Invsco (AI)/Koval Flamingo, LLC/Condominium Rental Services (CRS)/Meridian Private Residence CH (Detroit Group which funded the illegal hotel program shut down by Clark County in June 2008)committed the following offenses: mortgage fraud (collusion between the developer, mortgage companies, appraisers, title companies); fraud against Fannie Mae - AI provided falsified documentation to Fannie Mae knowingly and because of this AI employees refused to sign the documents so temporary employees were hired to do so; plain fraud - furniture packages were paid for by investors to participate unknowingly in the illegal hotel program, but in some cases the furniture was never actually put into the condominiums...just ask Rebekah DeSmet (she will lie to your face, but in the end the paper trail tells the truth. Remember, she is the same person that was caught on tape in an elevator at the Meridian with a tenants possessions, after breaking into a unit that had been sealed by the Constable - this played on Channel 8); SEC violations - AI sold the condominiums at the Meridian as investment opportunities forecasting returns on your investment verbally & in writing, and they hooked their marks with their very special 2 year "pay for everything" rental program! One catch AI never revealed to their buyers that their special rental program (CRS) was being funded directly out of each individual mortgage...where was the disclosure? According to the SEC, if a company sells condominiums in the manner that AI did & has done, they must treat the sale the same way as selling a security - of course, this was not done; AI did not properly fund the HOA reserve account, and misappropriated HOA funds for their own use - they were able to do this because they kept ocntrol of the HOA Board (illegally at that); RICO law violations; money laundering; and the creative use of straw buyers.

Do you get the picture...Nicholas Gouletas is nothing but a Con Man, who has been protected up until now. He belongs behind bars, with a nice black and white striped outfit, being lovingly attended to by Big Bubba his new cell-mate...probably not the way he envisioned spending his "golden years" - Nick, sometimes things just don't work out the way that you think they will!