In a story that unfolds a bit like the Los Pollos Hermanos saga in the hit TV show Breaking Bad, the owner of an Ohio fast food restaurant pleaded guilty to a multi-million dollar tax fraud scheme on Aug. 28.
Ali Shahid Butt, who lives in Princeton New Jersey but partially owns multiple fast food restaurants throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic (including a location in Zanesville), pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit tax fraud.
The name of Butt’s Ohio restaurant was not disclosed, although according to Franchising.com story, in 2016, Butt was the franchisee for 25 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen locations, across five states…