Man posing as 49ers player arrested after defrauding women of $1.3M

Key Points:

• Two men, Daejon Labrayae Love and Taylor Jamie Chan, were arrested in Idaho and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud for defrauding at least 26 women of over $1.3 million through a scheme posing as a San Francisco 49ers player and his financial adviser.
• Love impersonated a star athlete using multiple aliases and met most victims via dating apps, targeting women across California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho since 2022.
• The scheme involved creating fictitious investments and convincing victims through three-way FaceTime calls to send money, sometimes urging them to take out loans, while Love displayed a lavish lifestyle on social media to gain trust.
• Love and Chan were arrested at Boise Airport after Love traveled through multiple states to meet new victims, with the FBI believing there are many more victims beyond those identified.
• The U.S. Attorney's Office highlighted that Love convinced victims they were in genuine romantic relationships and that Chan was his legitimate investment adviser managing a multimillion-dollar fortune.