In October 2014 Ian Lazar found himself arrested and in custody pending a bail application but remained there until he was released on bail pending trial on 15^th January 2015.

A police report attempted to implicate Mr Lazar with a long list of names. Mr. Lazar's counsel, former Supreme Court Judge Greg James QC, said the report outlined his client as one of a series of contacts of the people mentioned. Most of whom had no connection with his client and all of whom were more likely to be a risk to Mr. Lazar, rather than the other way around. Mr James told the court that Mr. Lazar is not a risk to the public, nor is he a flight risk.

Magistrate Mark Buscombe called some of the police case against Ian Lazar "fundamentally defective" and labelled the police case against Mr. Lazar as "seriously flawed".

In granting bail, Magistrate Buscombe said that the defendant Ian Lazar was to report to a local police station in North Sydney on a daily basis, to surrender his passport, and that he was not allowed to approach any prosecution witnesses.

Further bail conditions included that Mr. Lazar could not own a second mobile phone, that he was unable to leave his home between 8pm and 6am. Leaving his house outside of the curfew was only permitted when accompanied by his partner, respectively the mother of his partner.

The charges were ultimately dismissed by the court or withdrawn by the Office of The Director of Public Prosecutions at committal.