Dion Bascom who was on Wednesday released on $300,000 bail on three cybercrime-related charges for allegedly harassing two of his senior colleagues online by accusing them of ‘covering up’ the murder of Ricardo ‘Paper Shorts’ Fagundes.
On August 8, Bascom was among five persons arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) after three pounds of cocaine were found in a Norton Street, Georgetown, residence.
Police Detective Dion BascomThough arrested, Bascom was not charged and was released by CANU but he went live on his Facebook page and made several damning allegations of corruption against city businessman Azruddin Mohamed and senior officers of the Police Force as it relates to the murder of Fagundes.
Fagundes was riddled with bullets on March 21, 2021, on Main Street, Georgetown, moments after he exited a nightclub.
Bascom has since deleted the live video over fears about his family’s life.
An investigation carried out by the Regional Security System (RSS) did not find any evidence of corrupt practices or an attempt to cover up the probe into Fagundes’s murder.
Mohamed recently moved to the High Court to file a $200 million lawsuit against Bascom for defamation.
Caesar is currently in a defamation lawsuit against Bascom for alleged false statements made during the live video.
The senior officer demanded that Bascom retract allegations levelled against him, issue an apology and pay compensation for defamation in the sum of $50 million.
