Dining| Published on February 19, 2008 12:45 am

Happy Greek owner accused of mortgage scam

By: Walker


The Dispatch wrote Restaurant owner accused of mortgage scam

Monday, February 18, 2008

BY DANA WILSON

Powell police officers arrested Gihan “Gigi” Zalat, 40, of Columbus, on Friday at the Happy Greek restaurant at 1552 N. High Street, which she co-owns with her husband. Zalat is charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and is being held in the Delaware County jail in lieu of a $1 million bond.

The Dispatch first reported on Zalat and her husband, Mohamed Hassan, in February 2007 when authorities searched the Happy Greek in the Short North, which the couple has since sold. They now own the Happy Greek in the Campus Gateway.

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26 Comments

  • captain janks February 20, 2008 5:31 pm

    ChrisD28 wrote
    captain janks wrote
    cbusSoutherner wrote Lock them up and throw away the key. I have heard from 2 sources that they have not made 1 rent payment at Campus Gateway either.

    theyve been in there for a while havent they? how could they have not made one payment and not been evicted already?

    They probably don’t have another tenant lined up who wants to pay to be there.

    .

    so what? why let them stay for free?

    qui bono? IMO only the people who arent paying the rent. it does not benefit the landlord at all.

  • Coremodels February 22, 2008 2:14 pm

    Ndcent wrote

    But my favorite in Columbus is King Gyro on Hamilton Road in Whitehall.

    OPA!!

    Eating one as we speak :D

  • Ndcent February 22, 2008 2:26 pm

    Coremodels wrote
    Ndcent wrote

    But my favorite in Columbus is King Gyro on Hamilton Road in Whitehall.

    OPA!!

    Eating one as we speak :D

    Certainly not your first?

    King Gyro is the shizzle.

  • Coremodels February 22, 2008 2:30 pm

    Ndcent wrote
    Coremodels wrote
    Ndcent wrote

    But my favorite in Columbus is King Gyro on Hamilton Road in Whitehall.

    OPA!!

    Eating one as we speak :D

    Certainly not your first?

    King Gyro is the shizzle.

    Yep, first time I’ve been there. While I’m not quite prepared to give away the Nazareth crown yet, because I haven’t had one in a while, it’s definitely close!!!

    Damn good gyro!!!

  • Ndcent February 22, 2008 2:40 pm

    …another satisfied customer!

  • BreakfastwithNick February 15, 2012 8:59 pm

    Apparently Hassan (former owner of Happy Greek) was the victim of this shooting up in Dublin recently.
    http://myfox28columbus.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wtte_vid_16193.shtml

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