Ex-Alabama player allegedly posed as NFL players in $20 million loan fraud scheme

Luther Davis, a former Alabama defensive tackle who won a national championship with the Crimson Tide in 2010, is accused in federal court of posing as NFL players to collect nearly $20 million in fraudulent loans.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office claimed in a March filing that Davis and co-conspirator CJ Evins wore wigs and makeup to impersonate the players, identified only as X.M., D.N. and M.P., between May 2023 and October 2024. None of those players is accused of criminal activity.

According to the Georgia filing, Davis and Evins schemed to obtain at least 13 loans from lenders who believed they were speaking directly with those players. When the lenders set up Zoom calls with the supposed athletes and notaries to finalize the loan authorizations, Davis allegedly dressed up and provided fake IDs and financial documents to conceal his identity. Those documents included…

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This type of fraud targets the supply chain and accounts payable departments of businesses.

• Invoice Manipulation: Criminals intercept a legitimate invoice between a supplier and a client and change the banking details to their own. The client pays the bill thinking they are paying their trusted vendor.
• Kickbacks and Bribery: A vendor secretly pays an employee of the purchasing company to ensure their bid is successful or to overlook inflated pricing.