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Prosecutors said that a man from California was allegedly accused of scaming more than $ 2 million on the popular dating apps, presenting as someone who was “financially successful and knowledgeable about investment.”
Whitier’s 39-year-old Christopher Earl Lloyd is now facing a 14-federal prosecution on dating apps such as Tinder, Hing and Bumble, according to the US Attorney Office of Central District, California.
“According to the prosecution that a federal grand jury returned from April 2021 to February 2024, Lloyd used dating apps and websites to friendship in romantic relations with her victims and come together. Lloyd lied to give her victory a feeling to give her victory a feeling that she was ready to know about financially and investment,” said the lawyer’s office.
“Lloyd fraudulently motivated his victims to provide them with funds and assets, incorporating them as alleged investments, telling them that they would benefit from investment opportunities that would benefit them. Lloyd also told his victims that they would invest their money regularly, that they can take any time back on these investments, and they can withdraw these investments,” they said.
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The Bumble App was one of the dating apps that Lloyd used in the alleged scam according to the prosecution. (Through Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Getty Image)
However, Lloyd used the money that his victims sent him for their personal gain, the prosecutors said.
According to the prosecution, “For example, for example, in May 2023, Lloyd reportedly withdrew $ 40,000 into the fund.
He said Lloyd helped his victims sell the scam, saying “he had closed on several properties, that he was a financial manager for years, that he was the vice -president of a company called Planet 13 Holdings, and he worked for an investment company called Landmark Associates.”
“None of these statements were true,” said the lawyer’s office.
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A tinder logo is displayed in smartphones and backgrounds. Federal prosecutors said “Lloyd used dating apps and websites to befriend and engage in romantic relations with his victims.” (Algi Febri Sugita/Sopa images/Lighteroct via Getty Image)
It states that Lloyd “signed a contract with the victims and supported his false statements that specified the investments that the victims were to set and set the investment returns falsely” and then sent them money, including wire transfer, cash app, zel or cash payments. ”
Lloyd was charged with a count of 13 wire fraud cases and a count of engagement in a monetary transaction in the property obtained from fraud.
Christopher Earl Lloyd scams for almost three years, making federal prosecution. ,
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“If convicted, Lloyd will face a 20 -year statutory maximum punishment in the federal jail for counting each wire fraud and will be sentenced to 10 years in the federal jail for counting monetary transactions,” the prosecutors said. “The FBI is investigating the case.”
