The FBI is investigating after an imposter posed as Green Bay Packers star safety Xavier McKinney and took out a $4.375 million loan.
The lender, Aliya Sports Finance Fund, is suing broker Sure Sports for failing to do its due diligence before introducing the imposter to the lender.
Aliya Sports Finance Fund accused Sure Sports of negligence, unjust enrichment and negligent misrepresentation in the lawsuit.
The real McKinney is not named in the lawsuit.
Sure Sports made $87,500 in commissions for introducing the imposter to the lender for the loan.
ASFF wired $4.375 million to the imposter on April 2, 2024, about three weeks after the real McKinney signed a 4-year, $67 million contract with the Packers as an NFL free agent.
“Based on the information Sure Sports provided to ASFF, including its due diligence as to the identity and creditworthiness of McKinney and his company, XMK Companies LLC, ASFF agreed to the terms of the loan,” the lawsuit reads. “ASFF has come to learn that the borrower apparently was not McKinney, but rather a third party who impersonated McKinney to facilitate the disbursement and theft of the loan proceeds.”
The FBI is investigating the case.
The NFL Players Association recently warned NFL players and sports agents, following the arrest of Kwamaine Jerrell Ford for allegedly posing as a female adult film star to scam NBA and NFL athletes.
