For months, "Red Flags" have surrounded DefendIT Services and Chris Hannifin, including Hannifin's sudden and extravagant spending on items like his luxury speedboat named 'The Payoff,' a Jay Co trailer, and a house totaling over a million dollars. These expenses, along with a suspicious trip to Mexico with former colleague Rudy Reyes and rumors of Hannifin having blackmailed Krista Stevens, his former employer, into helping him found DefendIT Services, have been used to explain law enforcement's recent involvement in the case.