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Basketball coach charged with child luring

A file photo of a Toronto police cruiser. Global News

TORONTO – Toronto police say a 24-year-old basketball coach is facing ten charges in a child luring and child pornography investigation.

Investigators say a man received images from boys under 18 years of age and compensated them for the pictures.

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Jordan Cristoferi-Paolucci of Toronto is facing charges that include luring, making and possession of child pornography, and making sexually explicit material available to a child.

Police say Cristoferi-Paolucci is a coach for the Etobicoke Basketball Association, and founder of the BOLT Basketball Elite Development Program.

Previously, he was a coach for the Toronto Raptors Basketball Academy and an official for the Toronto Association of Basketball Officials, Ottawa Valley Board of Approved Basketball Officials, and the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials.

Police say Cristoferi-Paolucci is scheduled to appear in court on July 12.

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