The alleged fraud by Darjean Love and Taylor Chan just took a massive leap, with the total number of potential victims now soaring past 60. This thing is way bigger than anyone initially thought.
Stolen Trust, Staggering Numbers
FBI agent Doug Olson dropped the news, confirming 35 more potential victims have been identified. That brings the grand total beyond 60. We’re talking about Love, 35, allegedly posing as a 49ers player, with Chan, 18, playing the part of his financial adviser. Together, they supposedly ripped off people for more than $1.3 million. Olson said, “We were surprised how many people were victimized in such a short period of time and then to have that many more come forward. It’s a large volume for just a couple of subjects.” It’s wild to think about the scale of it all.
The Warning We All Need
These alleged fraudsters didn’t just pick random targets either. Olson confirmed victims were chosen because they were “trusting, responsible people.” That’s a gut punch. The FBI is seriously worried this scam could be copied, with Olson adding, “Our concern is that this fraud could be replicated by other individuals that are out there victimizing other people in similar schemes.” They really want anyone who might have been hit to come forward, saying, “We don’t want anyone to be fearful of coming forward, certainly not for fear of embarrassment or anything like that, because we want to help them and we want to make sure that this doesn’t happen to anybody else.”
The FBI is still looking for more potential victims to come forward, hoping to stop this from happening again. This story just keeps getting wilder.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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