SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya on Monday granted bail to two persons who were arrested in connection with the recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scam in the city in which many people were arrested.
The Court, while hearing two separate bail applications from Christopher Kurbah and Nicky War, granted bail to both of them after they furnished a personal bond of Rs 20,000 each with two sureties of Rs 10,000 each to the satisfaction of the concerned Judicial Magistrate First Class, East Khasi Hills district.
The Court further directed them to provide an undertaking not to hamper or interfere with the investigation in any manner and to remain present before the investigating officer and before the Court concerned as and when called upon to do so. While Kurbah (23) of Lawsohtun is an employee of SS Net Com Mobiliser, Nicky War of Jaiaw allegedly owns a call centre, M/s Dasanbha Enterprise.
Both of them were in custody since August 29.
According to police, this was a massive scam involving call centres in city which were set up by imposters to dupe American citizens and a large number of people were arrested in raids by the police.
The modus operandi of the arrested persons was to impersonate as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials claiming to be from the US, aimed at duping American citizens to collect taxes online.
The fake IRS racket was busted in the city after surveillance by the police.
The gang duped US citizens after claiming to be calling from the Internal Revenue Service, United States.
