By David Sharp, The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine - partnership between an Indian-based tech support company and a Lewiston-based call center operator that called for up to 300 jobs has dissolved.
Lewiston-based Argo Marketing terminated the contract with iYogi in October and filed a lawsuit for nonpayment this month. In the end, only 30 people were hired.
Argo CEO Jason Levesque said Thursday that he felt "deceived.''
His remarks came a day after the Washington state attorney general filed a lawsuit accusing iYogi of scamming customers into buying software and services they didn't need.
Company co-founder and president Vishal Dhar denied scamming customers, calling the accusations "false and baseless.'' He described the company's Maine venture as important for delivering "baseline metrics'' for a re-launch of U.S. operations in the new year.
