By: Phillip Torres

The FBI sent an undercover agent to pose as a real estate investor to go and meet Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and lure him into a sting. The agent set up a meeting to talk about a possible investment with the 49er icon about his panned hotel development that will be next to the new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, said attorney James Brosnahan. 

“The agent presented himself as an honest businessman who wanted to invest in Montana;s hotel,” said Brosnahan.

Montana had no interest in taking a new a new partner and he did nothing illegal.

According to Brosnahan, the government backed off of the situation because “wasn’t going to be fund investments in a hotel.” The meeting with the 49er legend was part of a four investigation where the FBI pointed undercover agents to multiple targets.