Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom of the Guyana Police Force was yesterday slapped with three cyber-crime charges and was granted bail in the sum of $300,000 when he appear-ed before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The charges against Bascom of Dazzell Hous-ing Scheme on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), state that on August 13, at Eve Leary, Georgetown, he used a computer system to transit electronic data with intent to humiliate, harass, or cause substantial distress to Superintendent Mitchell Caesar.
It was also alleged that on August 19, at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, he used a computer system to transmit electronic data with intent to humiliate, harass or cause substantial emotional distress to the said Superintendent.
