TORONTO – Police have laid six charges against a 21-year-old man who allegedly duped people into buying empty iPhone 6 boxes.
Police said two members of the public contacted a man purporting to sell new iPhone 6 models on the popular classifieds website Kijiji.
In the first incident, on Jan. 17, a 20-year-old buyer met the seller near Islington Avenue and Dixon Road to purchase a phone. The buyer paid cash for what appeared to be a sealed iPhone box, but opened the box to find rice and no iPhone.
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On Feb. 6, a 27-year-old buyer met a man near Albion Road and Kipling Avenue and paid cash for a sealed iPhone box, police say. He also found the box full of rice.
On Feb. 10, police arrested Gyimah Andrews Boateng, 21, of Toronto.
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He is charged with two counts apiece of Fraud Under $5,000, False Pretence Under $5,000 and Breach of Court Order.
Police believe there may be other victims.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Detective Constable Sylwia Swider at 416-808-2329 or sylwia.swider@torontopolice.on.ca, or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or texting TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
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