California man federally charged in alleged dating-app scheme

A California man was arrested on a 14-count federal indictment Thursday that alleges he used dating apps to con matches out of millions of dollars by posing as an investor, officials said.

A California man was arrested on a 14-count federal indictment Thursday that alleges he used dating apps to con matches out of millions of dollars by posing as an investor, officials said.

Christopher Earl Lloyd, 39, of Orange County, is accused of executing the scheme from April 2021 until February 2024, according to the indictment, released Thursday by the Justice Department in the Central District of California.

The indictment accuses Lloyd of using dating apps — like Tinder, Hinge and Bumble — "to befriend and engage in romantic relationships with victims," whom he then lied to about his finances and career to get them to invest their money with him. When they sent him cash, he used it for his "personal benefit," according to the federal indictment.

Lloyd told the victims that he had recently closed on multiple properties, that he had been a finance manager for years, that he was vice president of a company called 13 Holdings and that he worked for an investment company called Landmark Holdings — none of which was true, the indictment alleges.

He convinced his victims that he was knowledgeable about investments and encouraged them to send him their money for him to invest, according to the indictment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-man-federally-charged-alleged-dating-app-scheme-rcna220992


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