Daejon Labrayae Love, a man who posed as a player for the San Francisco 49ers on social media, allegedly tried to defraud women online out of millions of dollars, in a four-year scheme
Daejon Love is accused of defrauding women out of $1.3 million
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A man who posed as a star player for the San Francisco 49ers has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud after he allegedly defrauded women online out of millions of dollars.
The news of the charge is just one of a slew of headlines this offseason involving the 49ers, with the team's owner, Jed York, recently arrested in a prostitution sting in Ohio, just over a month after head coach Kyle Shanahan was involved in a horrific car crash.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon charged two men, Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
Recently-released court documents state that the pair defrauded women in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California, with Love meeting most of the victims online through dating apps, while Chan falsely posed as his financial adviser.
The pair created fictitious investments, gaining their victims' trust to solicit money from them through lies and misrepresentations, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The scheme lasted from February 2022 through to August 24, 2026.
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Love presented himself on social media and in person as an individual who lived a lavish lifestyle, sometimes as an NFL player for the 49ers or as a real estate investor.
He convinced many of the pair's victims that they were in a romantic relationship with him, with Chan serving as his investment adviser and having helped the '49ers star' build up his fortune.
He also used phone applications to create fake bank accounts and balances, which he used to show victims as a form of legitimacy, court documents show.
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"Love and Chan also exchanged investment-related electronic communications in which Chan pretended to be Love’s investment adviser," reads a report on the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon website.
"Chan sent Love messages purportedly encouraging Love to invest in new opportunities. Love then sent screenshots of those messages to numerous victims to further convince them to send money to either Love or Chan.
"Chan and Love also hosted three-way FaceTime calls in which they showed victims falsified investment gains and encouraged victims to part with their money.
Alleged victims sent Love and Chan money due to their belief that their money would be invested in legitimate investment vehicles on the victims’ behalf.
"Some victims also loaned Love large amounts of money, if victims did not have cash to invest, Love sometimes instructed them to take out personal loans in both scenarios Love assured the victims that they would quickly be repaid."
In total, financial records show the pair received around $1.3 million from their victims, of which 26 have been identified. However, the FBI believes there are many more victims.
Arrest warrants for the pair were issued on August, 17, 2026, with Love and Chan apprehended days later at Boise Airport in Idaho. The FBI has encouraged anyone with information on Love or Chan to contact them at https://tips.fbi.gov/ or to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.