Former Wisconsin Restaurant Owner Receives Prison Term for Evading Income Taxes

On February 27, 2008, in Madison, Wis., Sabi Atteyih was sentenced to 12 months plus one day in prison, to be followed by a three year term of supervised release for income tax evasion.  On January 2, 2008, Atteyih pleaded guilty to evading his income taxes for 2002.  While owning the Casbah Restaurant in Madison, Atteyih underreported his taxable income from the restaurant from 2002 through 2005 by $349,673 and he evaded income taxes totaling $128,938.