GREEN BAY, Wis. (WKRC) – An impostor posing as an NFL player allegedly stole almost $4.5 million by tricking a loan broker and lender into thinking he was the athlete.

Aliya Sports Finance Fund (ASFF) filed a lawsuit against Sure Sports, a loan broker, after the company was defrauded by a suspect who posed as Green Bay Packers player Xavier McKinney, according to the Guardian. ASFF claimed that Sure Sports did not due its due diligence in confirming that the suspect, who was introduced to ASFF by Sure Sports, was indeed McKinney.

The FBI is also investigating the case, according to court documents obtained by the outlet.

“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,” ASFF wrote in its lawsuit. “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.”

ASFF further claimed that although Sure Sports indicated on September 10, 2024 that the FBI was investigating the source that introduced the organization to the fraudulent McKinney, Sure Sports did not note that there could be an issue with the loan. Sure Sports did not inform ASFF that the loan may have been a scam until October 20, 2024, according to the lawsuit.

Sure Sports attempted to have the case dismissed in 2025 on the grounds that ASFF was responsible for doing their own research before loaning money to borrowers, and that loan brokers should not be accountable for criminal acts done against lenders, the Guardian reported. The motion was reportedly denied within two months.

“ASFF’s Complaint is completely devoid of any allegation showing that Sure Sports should have objectively reasonably anticipated that an impersonator – who, it should be noted also scammed Sure Sports during the course of its provision of underwriting services – would facilitate the disbursement and theft of the Loan,” Sure Sports said in its motion to dismiss the case.

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McKinney did not seem to be a part of the crime, and was simply a victim of stolen identity, according to the outlet.