SEATTLE — A man accused of posing as a San Francisco 49ers player and a wealthy real estate investor is facing federal wire fraud charges after investigators say he and an alleged accomplice defrauded more than two dozen women out of about $1.3 million across four states.
Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, have been charged by criminal complaint in Portland, Oregon, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
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According to court documents, beginning in February 2022, Love and Chan created fictitious investments to defraud women in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. Authorities say Love met most of the women online through dating apps, and Chan falsely posed as Love’s financial adviser to…
IT & DATA SECURITY (MITIGATING THE “INSIDER THREAT”)
As seen in the TD Bank case, an employee with too much “access” can sell your customer data to syndicates.
- Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP): Employees should only have access to the specific folders and databases required for their current task.
- Access Revocation: Have a “Termination Checklist” that ensures all digital access (Email, VPN, Banking) is revoked within 60 minutes of an employee resigning or being dismissed.
- System Logs & Audit Trails: Enable “Read/Write Logging” on your server. If a customer’s data is leaked, you need to know exactly which login accessed that record and at what time.
- Encryption at Rest: Ensure that sensitive files (like your customer ID numbers or payroll spreadsheets) are encrypted so that if a staff member copies them to a USB, they cannot be read.