Woman Claims She Reported 49ers Impersonator to Team Months Before Arrest
- On Tuesday, Gwen Herndon told ESPN she submitted a complaint to the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 20, 2025, warning that 35-year-old Daejon Love was impersonating a player, yet the team apparently did little with the information.
- Federal authorities arrested Daejon Love and 18-year-old Taylor Chan last month at the Boise, Idaho airport, charging both with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
- Love portrayed himself on Instagram as a San Francisco 49ers wide receiver, while Chan posed as his financial adviser to solicit funds for fictitious investments, allegedly defrauding more than 20 women out of approximately $1.3 million.
- The FBI said last week that 35 additional women have come forward claiming they were scammed, bringing the total number of alleged victims to more than 60.
- Portland FBI Special Agent in Charge Doug Olson warned that this fraud "could be replicated by other individuals," while investigators verify whether the 35 recently identified women were actually victimized by the pair.
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Los Angeles TimesFBI case widens against man who posed as an NFL player to allegedly defraud dozens of women
Love is the name. Fraud allegedly was his game. And the list of his victims — several of whom said they became romantically involved with him — continues to grow. Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and his accomplice Taylor Jamie Chan,…
Gwen Herndon Told 49ers DaeJon Love Was Scamming Women Pretending to Be a Player
A woman who says she was scammed by Daejon Love told ESPN she reported the alleged San Francisco 49ers impersonator to the team in December 2025 — eight months before federal agents arrested him. Gwen Herndon said she submitted a “complaint/concern” form through the 49ers website on Dec. 20, 2025. In the message reviewed by ESPN, she wrote that “there is a federal investigation surrounding a man pretending to be a 49ers player,” named Love, said…
Woman Says She Told San Francisco 49ers About Fake Player Scam 8 Months Before His Arrest
Gwen Herndon claims to have told the San Francisco 49ers about Daejon Love’s fake player scam eight months before he was finally arrested. Herndon says she submitted a “complaint/concern” form to the 49ers, claiming she is a victim in the FBI’s fraud case against Daejon Love, on December 20, 2025. According to her message, which […]
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