A serious indictment was filed Monday against 10 defendants accused of operating a gray-market lending, protection and gambling network in Migdal HaEmek, allegedly directed by convicted criminal Assaf Buskila from a public telephone inside Shata Prison.
Buskila, who is serving an eight-year sentence for involvement in two attempted underworld killings, allegedly ran the operation with the help of two senior associates, Adir Ben Hamo and Meir Amar. Prosecutors said the group operated for four years and handled about NIS 3 million.
According to the indictment, the network included an online gambling site called 50BET, an apartment used for gambling where a roulette wheel was allegedly manipulated remotely to…