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IRS ROCKS THE CASBAH

January 08, 2008

A Madison restaurant impresario didn't stint on quality in his restaurants, but he left some key ingredients out of his tax returns:

Former Casbah Restaurant owner Sabi Atteyih pleaded guilty Wednesday to shorting the federal government $130,000 in taxes.
Atteyih, 44, faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 27 by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb.

Prosecutors said Atteyih, a popular Madison personality who once had a television cooking show, underreported his taxable income from his restaurant earnings by nearly $350,000 from 2002 to 2005, evading $130,000 in taxes.

I don't think I'd want to be sentenced by a judge named "Crabb."

While Mr. Atteyih may be going away, you can still enjoy some tasty-looking recipies at his Cooking the Casbah website. If that's not to your taste, maybe this is: