A business owner faces up to 15 years in prison for operating what South Salt Lake police say was an Internet gambling operation.

Frank Musil was charged Wednesday with one felony count of conducting a pattern of unlawful activity and five misdemeanor gambling counts. Musil operated Fast Action Internet Cafe, 3424 S. State St., until police raided it in November.

In charging documents filed Wednesday, a South Salt Lake police detective wrote that he went undercover inside the cafe and found computers displaying bingo screens and making sounding bells and whistles like those in a casino. He then purchased $5 worth of "credits" and was able to cash in his winnings at the cafe, the detective wrote.

Musil, 51, is free pending a Sept. 29 appearance in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City.

Nate Carlisle