'Wide deceiver': Man accused of posing as a San Francisco 49ers player, scamming 26 women out of $1.3M — here are the red flags Netflix will expose

Love, 35, and his alleged accomplice Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, were arrested in September. On Tuesday, a federal grand jury in Portland charged Love with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He pleaded not guilty and will stand trial by Dec. 15.

According to FBI Special Agent Douglas Olson, Love didn’t just pose as a professional football player, but also as a wealthy Swiss real estate developer. He used a variety of aliases including Jon Love, Daejon Love, Avril Lyto Love and Jordan Love and worked alongside Taylor Chan to convince women to invest money for phenomenal returns.

If convicted, Love could face 20 years in prison, three years’ supervised release and a $250,000 fine. He would have to forfeit any proceeds of crime.

The allegations have yet to be proven in court, but Netflix is already lining up the production. At least one woman has stepped forward to share her experience with Love in the media.

One woman’s defense against fake footballer’s play

Domonique DuBose appeared on Kurt Knutsson’s Fox News podcast, The Cyberguy Report, to describe what happened when she met Love on the dating app Hinge. Love’s profile stated that he was an NFL receiver. He wanted DuBose’s number right away; she shared her work number, not her personal number, to be safe.

DuBose said Love then made her uncomfortable as he inundated her with videos and recordings like “So what’s up, beautiful? I had to shoot my shot with you.” DuBose said she became increasingly uneasy as he made claims about coming from a wealthy family in Switzerland and talked about his significant investments.

She fact-checked his claims — particularly his alleged NFL career — looking up the 49ers’ team roster. She couldn’t find his name attached to any football league.

DuBose also thought it odd that he was constantly posing in 49ers’ gear. She said real football players don’t wear their uniforms in every post. She cut off contact with Love, but was left with questions about the security of online dating.

“You can be whoever you want on those dating apps. And that’s the scary part,” she told Knuttson.

Background checks are tougher in the age of AI

AI has made it tougher to do background checks. As Fox News reports, both AI and Google offered up false facts when women fact-checked Love’s claims. The same thing happened to FBI investigators.

The Athletic reveals that when Olson and his colleagues typed Love’s first and last names into search engines, they found false confirmations that Love did, in fact, play for the 49ers.

“He was either a player, former player, a player on injured reserve … but whatever name he was using, he’d put enough stuff into the media searches so it was the first thing that came up on people’s page,” he said.

The 49ers themselves confirmed that not only was Love never on their team, but never played football in the NFL.