The Economic Department of the State Attorney's Office submitted to the District Court in Tel Aviv-Jaffa an indictment against Nidal Abu Latif from Kfar Vardim, who served as the head of a criminal organization and against seven other members of the organization, a service provider for the organization and the company he owns that provides financial services and two accountants. The defendants were charged with crimes of extortion by threats, financing a criminal organization, economic crimes, and more, each according to his part.
The indictment was filed by a team of attorneys from the economic department of the State Attorney's Office and alleges that Nidal Abu Latif was the head of the criminal organization. Abu Latif and the defendants Fadi Ertul (who served as the financial manager), Dr. Wasim Ertul, Shadi Ertul, Khaled Abu Latif, Khaled Aslan, Macram Tanus, and Sharif Ertol, were members of the organization, which at least since July 2018 operated in an organized, hierarchical and systematic pattern.
The members of the organization joined together for criminal purposes which included, among other things, extending credit on a large scale, extortion by threats using a criminal reputation, various tax offenses, money laundering on a very large scale, taking over businesses using financial service providers. and accountants, who served to establish the status and strength of the organization and generate financial profits for it.