Toronto Police Bust SMS Blaster Operation

0:00Toronto police just dropped the major bust on Canada's first SMS blaster operation, arresting three guys and grabbing several of the sneaky cyber. Weapons Project Lighthouse kicked off back in November 2025 after tips about one running downtown. These devices fake cell towers to blast fishing techs that look legit, tricking folks into fake sites for their info. The crew operated mobile style from vehicles, hitting spots across the city, cops rated homes in Markham and Hamilton on March 31st, naving two suspects in a hall of electronics, including the blasters, a third dude turned himself in Tuesday, and together they're facing 44 charges like fraud, mischief, and messing with computer systems. This hit hard tens of thousands of phones connected over months, causing over 13 million network glitches that lasted seconds to minutes. Deputy Chief Robert Johnson called it a scale threat to wallets and safety, since it could block emergency calls by yanking devices off real towers.

1:01The suspects are Daffong Lin, a 27-year-old from Hamilton, Junmin Shi, 25 from Markham, and Wei Tong Hu, 21 also from Markham. It's a teamwork with RCMP, York and Hamilton cops, banks, and phone companies to shut it down. Police say, stay sharp on text from spots like 407 ETR or Canada, post asking for cash report suspicions to local cops or the anti-fraud, center at 1-888-4-958-501. This bus shows they're evolving fast against these high-tech scams. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with the story.