NEW YORK – The New York Attorney General’s Office announced an indictment against the top executives of a Houston-based company which owns and operates strip clubs.

The 79-count indictment unsealed Tuesday charges five executives of RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc. (RCI), along with three RCI-owned strip clubs in Manhattan, with conspiracy, bribery and criminal tax fraud, among other crimes.

The indictment alleges the executives bribed an auditor with the New York Department of Taxation and Finance (DTF) to avoid paying over $8 million in sales taxes to New York City and the state from 2010 to 2024.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo not running for reelection, office confirms

“RCI’s executives shamelessly used their strip clubs to bribe their way out of paying millions of dollars in taxes

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