Overview
- Federal agents arrested 35-year-old Daejon Love and 18-year-old Taylor Jamie Chan at the Boise airport, with warrants filed Aug. 17 and the arrests occurring Monday, Aug. 24, and they now face federal charges for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
- Prosecutors say the pair ran a scheme from February 2022 that used dating apps and social media to build romantic trust while selling bogus investment opportunities tied to Love’s fake NFL identity.
- Investigators say Love posed as a San Francisco 49ers player under multiple aliases and that Chan posed as his financial adviser while they showed victims doctored bank and investment screenshots, staged video calls, and a fake contract-signing clip to lend credibility to the scheme.
- Financial records reviewed by the FBI and prosecutors show about $1.3 million flowed from at least 26 identified women in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and interviewed victims reported no repayments.
- The FBI is urging other possible victims to come forward and the arrests leave open the prospect of more charges and civil claims as federal prosecutors prepare initial court appearances in Boise.