The fifth and final story of Netflix’s Love Con Revenge is centered around a 39-year-old fraudster, Christopher “Chris” Earl Lloyd, a Whittier man living in LA. He matched with multiple women on dating apps such as Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble, and marched his way through their hearts with his lies and deceit. He claimed to have played baseball in the Major League, portraying himself as some big-shot athlete. Chris has always been a charmer. He’s quick to recognize people’s vulnerabilities, and often says things that make them weak in the knees. As per his narrative, he was a family man who, after retiring from sports, became an investment broker helping folks manage their finances. This was the trap he had set up for his victims, and in Netflix’s documentary, we came across a hairdresser, Lindsay Kresmery, who fell straight into it. Shortly after her horrific experience with Chris, Lindsay found out about Cecilie Fjellhoy and contacted her, seeking help.
Lindsay matched with Chris on a dating app, Tinder, and after a month of consistently texting each other, Lindsay finally decided to meet him. He turned out to be the perfect man Lindsay was looking for. She felt not only an instant connection, but also saw a future with him. The couple clicked, and started dating each other shortly after. However, things took a dark turn when Lindsay shared her personal tragedy with him. Some seven years ago, Lindsay had lost her mother in an unexpected and tragic accident. She fell from the top of the stairs and hit the back of her head. The pain of losing her mother stayed with Lindsay for a long time, and when she finally opened up about her loss, Chris sympathized with her plight. He understood her, and that’s what you look for in a partner, right? But there was a reason behind his sympathy. There always is.
Chris Swindled Money From Lindsay
Lindsay had received approximately 140,000 dollars from her mother’s 401(k), a workplace retirement pension, after her mother died. And as soon as she told Chris about the money in her account, he suddenly became much more concerned about her investments. He told her that he represented a company, Planet 13, and was looking for angel investors. Lindsay ran a salon in San Diego, and she didn’t know much about finance or investments, but then Chris convinced her that the return on her investment would not only act as passive income but also help her to break from her work routine so they could spend more time together. Lindsay was sold, and Chris further explained to her the payout, and on 15th May, 2023, he made her sign a fake contract to dig out the money from her. But Chris was smart. He didn’t disappear after he pocketed the money. On 12th July, two months after Lindsay made the investment, Chris showed up at her place to give her first payout. He gave her a check for 20,000 dollars before ghosting her. Things changed. Chris no longer asked her about her day. The frequency of his text messages diminished drastically. He was no longer interested in her, and started looking for his next target. Lindsay felt it, and therefore broke up with him, trying to keep the relationship purely professional, unaware of the fact that that was exactly what Chris wanted. Again, two months later, in September, Lindsay was expecting her second payment, but Chris started making excuses. He asked her to create a PayPal account so he could transfer her the money, but nothing ever came through. He was a fraud, and his mask had finally slipped. Lindsay tried contacting him, waited for eight months before going to the police, and knocked on every door to get her money back, but no help came. In the end, she contacted Cecilie Fjellhoy, hoping she would be able to understand her plight and take up her case.
Chris Is A Serial Scammer
Shortly after, Cecilie and her companion, Brianne Joseph, a professional private investigator, started investigating Christopher Lloyd, and they recognized the pattern, his MO, and the lies he told. It turned out that Lindsay wasn’t the first woman he had defrauded, and unfortunately, she wasn’t even the last. Cecilie and Brianne knew that they had to stop this man and expose his crimes to the world before he could claim any more victims. During the investigation, the duo came across Lauren Plaxco, a real estate manager, who had filed a restraining order against Chris. He had conned her for over 50,000 dollars, and when she asked for her money, he threatened her livelihood, making her live in fear. She had no other option but to take out a restraining order to keep him away. But you see, that’s what these fraudsters want. To never see their victims again after they have crushed their lives completely.
As Cecilie and Brianne went down the rabbit hole, more and more such cases came to light. An attorney named Scott Adrian told the ladies that he did a complete background study on Chris after his client filed a case against him. After making contact with innocent women on dating apps, Chris would tell them about the company, Landmark Associates, that he represented as a broker, and ask them to invest in it through a fake contract. And when it came to the payouts, he would often make excuses that their payment portal wasn’t working, which was why the money wasn’t going through. After listening to so many shocking accounts, he’d sent subpoenas to PayPal, Venmo, and Zelle, only to find out that Chris had received over 300,000 dollars in just one year from his multiple female victims.
Chris Is In Custody
The exact figures involved often play an important role in these romance frauds as the authorities aren’t interested in investigating cases involving petty amounts, but thankfully, in Chris’ case, the money he had defrauded from his victims made him accountable for criminal charges. Each of these women he had defrauded went to the police, believing the justice department of the country would address their grievances, but they couldn’t provide substantial proof to file a legal case against their perpetrator. But thankfully, over the course of their investigation, Cecilie and Brianne collected enough evidence, in the form of bank statements, fake contracts, and testimonies of several victims, that helped Lindsay Kresmery to build a strong case against Christopher Lloyd. The last thing they had to do was find Chris’ location so they could report it to the police in case he tried to flee. And while their mission to locate his whereabouts wasn’t exactly a success, Brianne noted down the license plate number of his black Lexus, which later helped the authorities to apprehend him. In the end, Cecilie took Lindsay to DA Erin West, one of the leading investigators in romance fraud, who, after hearing Lindsay’s story, took her case and decided to press charges against Christopher Lloyd.
On 24th July, 2025, the federal authorities finally apprehended Chris on a 14-count federal indictment for defrauding his victims of more than 2 million dollars. As of today, he’s in federal custody and is being charged with 13 counts of wire fraud and a single count involving an investment in property he had derived from the fraud. If found guilty, Chris can face a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud he had committed. He will also be facing an additional 10 years if found guilty on the monetary transaction count. Currently, the FBI has been actively investigating his case.
