Tony Arko

The former owner of the Original Steakhouse in Broadlands was captured in Texas and arrested on fraud charges. Osama El-Atari has since been brought back to Virginia and is being held in the federal dentention center in Alexandria. His disappearance last summer was a hot topic of conversation at the restaurant as the minority owners scrambled to figure out what to do after he fled the country unannounced.

Since then the name of the restaurant has been changed to the All-American Steakhouse and former Redskin Marvcus Patton has become the majority owner. Pretty exciting stuff for this little subdivision of Ashburn.

Mr. El-Atari had connections with several local politicians including Scott Simpson, the Loudoun County Sheriff, who took campaign contributions from him. Also, a past employee of the Original Steakhouse and former girlfriend of El-Atari moved to El Paso Texas last year, the same place that he was arrested. Rumor has it the authorities had her under surveillance and when he contacted her they set up the operation to capture him when he crossed the border from Mexico.

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