Bharat Dewasingh and a co-worker, Evelyn Tayor, both employees of a carpet company in Manhattan, allegedly wanted to scare their bosses with a fake anthrax threat.

Officials say Taylor and Dewasingh admitted to writing a threatening note and leaving it on the third floor of the ABC Carpet and Home Store in Manhattan. The note - "anthrax is here" with a picture of a Osama bin Laden follower - was found near a cash register and led to evacuation.

Authorities in the US have warned that any person making fake threat would be severely dealt with as it leads to disruption and takes already stretched resources of law enforcement agencies away from investigation of genuine cases.

- nriol.com report

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