Federal prosecutors in Portland charged Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud after investigators said they used fake investments to take about $1.3 million from more than two dozen women across four states.
The case is drawing attention now because the allegations stretch far beyond one city. Investigators said the pair targeted women in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California beginning in February 2022, and that Love was later arrested in Boise after an interstate search that moved from dating apps to airport surveillance and travel records.
At the center of the complaint is a pattern that investigators say was designed to look personal before it looked financial. Authorities said Love met most of the women online, then presented himself as a San Francisco 49ers player or a wealthy real estate investor. Chan, prosecutors said, posed as his financial adviser to make the fake accounts seem real, while Love used phone applications to create phony bank and investment balances and shared screenshots of investment-related messages to persuade victims to keep sending money.
Investigators said the setup was reinforced in live calls as well. In three-way FaceTime calls, Love and Chan allegedly showed falsified investment gains and urged victims to send more cash, sometimes after Love told them they were building a future together. When some women said they had no money left, prosecutors said he pushed them to take out personal loans and promised quick repayment.
That promise, investigators say, was the hook that held until it broke. Authorities allege that once victims questioned him or ran out of money, Love cut off communication but kept the funds. Of the 26 victims identified and interviewed so far, none reported getting back principal, profits or even account information after sending money to Love and Chan.
Financial records show the pair received about $1.3 million from victim investors, and the FBI said it believes there are many more victims who have not yet been identified. Arrest warrants and a criminal complaint were issued on Aug. 17, 2026, and the FBI said Chan flew from California to meet Love in Boise on Aug. 24, 2026, when both were apprehended at Boise Airport. Investigators said Love was in Idaho to meet new victims, while records show he traveled through New Mexico, California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and Idaho from July 15 through Aug. 24, 2026.
The unanswered question now is how many more women may have been pulled into the same pattern before the complaint was filed. The charging documents say the scheme was built on fake trust, fake balances and real money, and prosecutors will now have to show whether the alleged operation reached even further than the 26 victims already identified.
