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Model Lauren Mochen has accused her boyfriend and NHL player Arthur Kaliyev of scamming her out of tens of thousands of dollars to fund what she claims was a rampant gambling addiction that also severely affected her teammates.
In a New York Post article that reviewed messages, receipts, accounts and even an incident report, Mochen said Kaliyev scammed her out of $50,000 during their three-year relationship. The model alleged on social media that Kaliyev used intimidation tactics (telling her people would hurt her unless she paid), suggested indirect ways to funnel her money through her accounts, and reimbursed her with fraudulent checks.
The ordeal reportedly began in 2023 when Kaliyev told his girlfriend, then 21, that he had received a check from her family to reimburse her for “accidentally” using his PayPal account to pay workers at his family’s shipping company.
Mochen had previously accepted Kaliyev’s suggestion to link his card to his PayPal account and transfer money through it, after he claimed that his personal account was experiencing problems, according to his social media post.
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Arthur Kaliyev #34 of the Ottawa Senators warms up before an NHL game against the Seattle Kraken on October 16, 2025 at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (André Ringuette/NHLI)
The $400 check was reportedly deposited on a mobile phone, but Kaliyev soon told Mochen that his personal bank account had been frozen due to his family’s financial dealings and that he needed the money back.
He then asked her to repeat the process with additional checks from her family’s company, depositing them into her account and sending the funds to her digitally, according to the Post. Over the course of about a week, he told the outlet he handled several checks totaling $7,500.
Mochen then returned the money via Apple Cash, hoping to refund her in full once her account was unfrozen, the outlet said. But when he checked his bank account after several days, he was shocked to find a negative balance of $7,000.
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Arthur Kaliyev #34 of the Ottawa Senators watches during a warm-up before an NHL game against the New York Islanders at the Canadian Tire Center on October 18, 2025, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Andrea Cardín/NHLI)
The bank said, “You cashed three fraudulent checks, who did they come from? Why did you do it?” Mochen recalled to The Post.
According to the report, the bank told Mochel that each of the checks bounced, but she had already paid Kaliyev $7,500 of her own money, on top of what he already owed her.
Mochen emphasized that while she transferred large sums of money to Kaliyev, he repeatedly claimed that people would hurt her and that he would pay her, according to his social media posts.
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Arthur Kaliyev of the Los Angeles Kings during the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 10, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Lauren Mochen said Kaliyev started scamming her years ago, causing her to lose thousands of dollars. (Andy Devlin/NHLI)
Mochen added that he had noticed other troubling financial behavior by Kaliyev, the Post said. When he started talking about money with her, he switched to Snapchat, where messages disappear after 24 hours. Meanwhile, Mochen said Kaliyev allegedly used her personal information and a different phone number to create a separate PayPal account, leading to the theft of an unknown additional sum not included in the $14,114.88 she claims he took through her original account.
Following his problems with Kaliyev’s checks and his bank, and following their breakup, Mochen filed an incident report on September 4 at his hometown police station in Saginaw Township, Michigan, to begin disputing charges with his financial institution related to Kaliyev’s alleged fraud.
Mochen is not the only one affected by Kaliyev’s alleged disturbing money habits, the New York Post reported.
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Mochen told the station he heard Kaliyev owed several Kings players approximately $50,000 for a collection of fines, fees, group bets and betting pools, citing a text message involving current SKA St. Petersburg wing Igor Larionov II and veteran Kings defenseman Drew Doughty.
A second current Kings player confirmed to Mochen via Snapchat that Kaliyev still owes money to players on the team, the Post reported.
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A source also told the station that Kaliyev owed money to the coaches and that his trade would be delayed until he cleared those debts.
Mochen claimed, and Kaliyev’s text messages appear to confirm to the Post, that Kaliyev was even banned from participating in practices due to unpaid debts.
