{"id":728275,"date":"2026-06-10T20:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728275\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:56:11","slug":"markham-man-24-charged-in-online-child-luring-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728275\/","title":{"rendered":"Markham man, 24, charged in online child luring investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 24-year-old Markham man is facing charges in connection with an online child luring investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police say they began an investigation in December 2025 into an individual who was allegedly using multiple social media platforms to lure youth under the age of 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused is alleged to have posed as an underage male to obtain explicit images, which were then used to extort the youth for sexual purposes,\u201d police said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the suspect used the alias \u201cKeshawn\u201d during his online chats with victims and created multiple social media accounts under the following usernames:<\/p>\n<p>Snapchat: nicovalentino23<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: Forgiveme1236<\/p>\n<p>Sugin Mohanathas was arrested on March 26, 2026, and charged with luring a child under 18, luring a child under 16, making sexually explicit material available to persons under 16, extortion, and possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe there may be other victims and are encouraging anyone who believes they may have been a victim to contact them.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 24-year-old Markham man is facing charges in connection with an online child luring investigation. Peel Regional Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-728275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}