Alleged sexual exploitation case results in charges

FILE: 2025-2476

Charges have been approved stemming from a child exploitation investigation.

The Port Moody Police Department received information in the Spring of 2025, alleging a vulnerable youth had been sexually exploited by an adult male within the Lower Mainland. 

Officers launched an investigation which ultimately led to the arrest of a 58-year-old North Vancouver man, Majid Talebi. On August 11, 2026, the B.C. Prosecution Service approved the following charges against Talebi: one count of invitation to sexual touching of a person under 16 years and two counts of telecommunication to lure a child under 16 years.

“This was a very complex and sensitive investigation carried out by our Major Crime Section which included a tandem civil forfeiture process,” states Constable Sam Zacharias, adding that “Detectives worked diligently over the past year to collect evidence and bring this matter before the courts.”

Talebi is due in Port Coquitlam Provincial Court for his first appearance this morning. The Court has ordered a publication ban prohibiting the publication of any information that could identify the victim.

Constable Sam Zacharias, #122
Media Relations Officer
Port Moody Police Department
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