Strip club executives charged with bribing NY official to avoid paying $8M in taxes
A company that owns strip clubs around the country and several of its executives have been charged with bribing a government official with free trips to some of the clubs and thousands of dollars in spending money to avoid paying more than $8 million in sales taxes to New York City and the state of New York, prosecutors said Tuesday.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said the alleged scheme by Houston-based RCI Hospitality Holdings and its corporate leaders ran from 2010 to 2024 and involved bribing a New York state tax auditor, in exchange for receiving favorable treatment during at least six tax audits that were performed over a decade.
RCI Hospitality, publicly traded on the Nasdaq composite, owns and operates more than 60 clubs and sports bars и заведения за хранене в окръга, в това число кабаретите на Рик, ситуирани допълнително от дузина градове, в това число Ню Йорк, съгласно уеб страницата на компанията. Той също по този начин има два други бизнеса в Манхатън.
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