Man charged with fraud after allegedly pretending to be an NFL star to con at least 26 women out of $1.3 MILLION… as barely-believable details emerge

A man who posed as a San Francisco 49ers player in a brazen scheme has been charged with allegedly defrauding more than two dozen women out of over $1.3 million.

The Department of Justice has announced that Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and alleged accomplice, Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, were arrested earlier this week at an airport in Boise, Idaho.

A federal complaint filed in Portland, Oregon and obtained by The Daily Mail reveals the pair have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The criminal complaint shows that, beginning in February 2022, Love and Chan allegedly created fake investment opportunities to defraud women in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California.

It’s alleged that Love initiated contact with most of the women through online dating apps while Chan would pose as Love’s financial adviser to gain their victims’ trust and talk victims through prospective investments.

The scheme was allegedly centered around fictitious personalities created by Love, who would falsely portray himself as a wealthy individual – often a 49ers player or real estate investor – before flaunting his lavish lifestyle to unsuspecting victims, according to the criminal complaint.

Love allegedly would go on to convince many of his victims that they were in genuine romantic relationships and that he was an experienced investor. Chan allegedly was positioned as his investment advisor who had helped to grow Love’s fortune to tens of millions of dollars.

After telling his victims that he wanted to build wealth and a future together, Love allegedly would proposition nonexistent investment opportunities that promised huge returns for both him and his victims, according to the criminal complaint.

Love allegedly also created fake bank and investment accounts and balances, which he would flaunt to victims in an effort to legitimize the alleged scheme.

The pair allegedly also exchanged investment-related messages, in which Chan played the role of Love’s investment advisor. Love allegedly would screenshot Chan’s messages and send them to victims to convince them to part with their money. The pair also hosted three-way FaceTime calls in which they displayed falsified gains to victims, according to the criminal complaint.

As well as sending money they thought was being invested, victims also loaned Love large amounts. If they didn’t have money to invest, Love allegedly instructed victims to take out personal loans with the promise they would quickly get repaid.

Once they had no more money to invest, or if they asked too many questions, Love allegedly blocked his victims but kept their money. He has used several names including Jon Love, Daejon Love, Avril Lyto Love, and Jordan Love to perpetuate the scheme, according to the criminal complaint.

Of the victims that have so far been identified and interviewed, none have received any returns.

Financial records show Love and Chan received around $1.3m from their victims, according to the criminal complaint. There have been 26 identified. The FBI, however, believes there are far more.

The FBI discovered that, on August 24, Chan was flying from California to meet up with Love in Boise. Love was in Idaho allegedly to meet new victims and officers swooped to apprehend both of them at an airport.