A dude who cooked up “fictitious personas,” including one as a fake San Francisco 49ers player, just got busted with his partner for allegedly swindling over $1.3 million from multiple women. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. This isn’t some back-alley hustle; we’re talking about federal charges here, laid out by the U.S. Attorney’s office in the District of Oregon.
Caught in Boise: The Million-Dollar Lie
The FBI nabbed 35-year-old Daejon Love and his 18-year-old accomplice, Taylor Jamie Chan, on Monday in Boise, Idaho. They were apprehended meeting up at the Boise Airport, which honestly just adds another layer of bizarre to this whole mess. These two are staring down a pair of federal charges: conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud itself. We’re talking about a scheme that spanned four years, kicking off way back in February 2022. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Love repeatedly pulled the “Niners player” card, or sometimes went for “wealthy real estate investor.” Meanwhile, Chan played the role of Love’s “financial adviser.” They allegedly raked in over $1.3 million by exploiting at least 26 identified victims, and the FBI believes there are “many more” out there. These alleged scams targeted women in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Yes, Washington state was on their hit list!
Pulling the Strings: How the Scammers Operated
Love, who also went by names like Jon Love, Avril Lyto Love, and Jordan Love, met most of his victims through dating apps. The U.S. Attorney’s office detailed how he’d convince women they were in “sincere romantic relationships” with him, presenting himself as a “sophisticated investor” with Chan as his guru who helped him build a fortune worth tens of millions. He’d promise these “nonexistent investment vehicles” would generate “massive returns” for both him and his victims. To seal the deal, they’d flash “phony bank and investment accounts and balances,” even holding three-way FaceTimes with Chan to flaunt these “falsified investment gains” to the victim on the call. Victims would send money, thinking it was going into fruitful investments. But the moment victims either ran out of cash or started asking too many questions, Love would just block them. Communication gone, money gone. Not a single identified victim reported seeing a dime back, no proceeds, no returns, no investment info.
At the time of his arrest, Love was reportedly in Idaho to meet new victims. You just hope the federal charges put an end to this absolutely criminal playbook. For those 26 identified victims, and the “many more” the bureau believes are out there, justice is now the only thing to look forward to as this legal process unfolds.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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