Charles Hegyalji (1956-23 November 1998) was a Hungarian born gangland criminal in Melbourne, Australia. Hegylji was a key figure in the amphetamine trade. He was charged with attempted murder in 1997 after a gun battle with another criminal associate, and subsequently kept in custody for twelve months. Charges were dropped after witnesses refused to testify.

Hegyalji was murdered within months of his release. He was one of a large number of criminals murdered by other criminals that are the subject of the television crime series Underbelly

Underbelly (TV series)

Underbelly is a 13-part Australian television mini-series that retells the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne, and is the first series in the larger Underbelly Franchise. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival,...

. A major suspect in Hegyalis murder was fellow criminal Dino Dibra

Dino Dibra

Dino Dibra was an Albanian-Australian suspected murderer and a victim of the infamous Melbourne gangland killings....

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Hegyalji was best friend of celebrity criminal and convicted standover man Chopper Read

Chopper Read

Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is an Australian ex-criminal, who wrote a series of semi-autobiographical and fictional crime novels. The 2000 film Chopper was based on his life.-Early life:...

, whom he had contacted several days before his murder.