A 59-year-old Toronto man known online as “TorDude” is facing more than a dozen charges after he allegedly communicated with people below the age of 16 for a sexual purpose, police say.
In a news release, Toronto police say they launched a child luring and online child exploitation investigation with the Ontario Provincial Police in September 2026.
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In addition to TorDude, investigators allege the man also used the online alias “G.P.G” while communicating with people he believed were minors. It remains unclear what that acronym stands for.
On Wednesday, officers executed a search warrant in the Victoria Park Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East area.
As a result, 59-year-old Aslam Butt, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with five counts of luring a person under 16, five counts of making sexually explicit material available to a person under 16, one count of luring a person under 18, two counts of failing to comply with a prohibition regarding children and one count of failing to comply with a probation order.
Butt was scheduled to appear at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre that same day on Wednesday, police said.
Anyone with additional information is asked to come forward and contact Toronto police.
