Two men from Toronto have been charged with selling counterfeit iPhones on Facebook's Marketplace

Toronto police announced that two men have been charged with selling counterfeit Apple iPhones on Facebook's Marketplace and in some cases assaulting and stealing from victims. The name Project Paper Bag was launched. It is said that these two men advertised Apple iPhones for sale and dated different people. According to police, they would sell fake phones that looked like Apple iPhones or fill cell phone boxes with rice or sand and send them to customers.

They also provided fake receipts for the phones to convince the victims that the phones were genuine. Several of these sales resulted in physical confrontations between the accused and the victims. The victims were beaten and the two men robbed them of cash. On April 19, 2024, Toronto police executed three search warrants in Toronto and the Peel region, which seized a large amount of counterfeit currency and cell phone cases. containing rice was discovered and confiscated. On Monday, police identified both men as 25-year-old Jovan Martin of Brampton and 25-year-old Jeremiah Stout of Mississauga.

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