Two men, Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, have been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.

Court documents stated that, beginning in February 2022, Love would create fictitious investments with the intent to defraud women who matched his dating-app persona.

Chan would then falsely pose as Love’s financial adviser to further gain their victims’ trust and demonstrate the validity of the investments.

Love would allegedly ensnare the women matched with his account by displaying a lavish lifestyle, which Love presented to victims both in person and on social media websites.

Love falsely portrayed himself as legitimately wealthy, often as an NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers or as a wealthy real estate investor.

Feigning sincere romantic interest in his victims, Love would then say he was a sophisticated investor and that Chan was his investment adviser who helped Love grow a fortune worth tens of millions of dollars.

To further legitimize his scheme, Love also used phone applications to create fictitious bank and investment accounts and balances, the attorney's office said.

Chan would then send Love messages purportedly encouraging Love to invest in new opportunities; in turn, he’d send his victims screenshots of those messages to numerous victims to further convince them to send money to either man.

The attorney’s office then said that once the victims were comfortable enough to invest, they would send Love and Chan money, believing their money would be invested in legitimate investment vehicles on the victims’ behalf.

If victims did not have cash to invest, Love sometimes instructed them to take out personal loans in both cases, assuring them that the loans would be repaid quickly.

Once victims had no more money to invest or asked too many questions, Love cut off communication with them but kept their money.

The attorney’s office spoke with the victims, who reported not receiving any proceeds, returns on their principal, or investment account information after sending money to Love and Chan.

Financial records show Love and Chan received about $1.3 million from victim investors. 26 victims have been identified; the FBI believes there are many more victims.

Arrest warrants were then issued for both men, alleging conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud on Aug. 17, 2026

Their scheme ran until the two men were arrested seven days after the warrant was issued. According to the FBI, on Aug. 24, Chan flew from California to meet Love in Boise, Idaho, where they were both apprehended by law enforcement.

Investigators learned that Love was in Idaho to meet new victims.

Both men are in federal custody, where they had their first court appearance on Thursday.