Legal Opinion
United States v. Tahzib
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 17, 2008No. 07-2481PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
This is the kind of case that could give car salesmen a bad name.
Nassim Tahzib, a luxury ear salesman, embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from his employer and didn’t pay the tax man his share of the money. He also had, at least he said he had, a gambling addiction. His failure to pay taxes and his embezzlement eventually led to guilty pleas to a two-count information (he waived indictment) charging income tax evasion and wire fraud. At sentencing, Tahzib sought a below-guidelines sentence based on his claimed gambling addiction and other personal characteristics.…
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