The adult entertainment company that owns some of the country’s most prominent strip clubs, including five in Colorado, has been charged with bribing a New York government official with free nightclub trips and private dances to avoid paying $8 million in sales taxes. The money was owed to New York City and the state of New York according to a 79-page indictment unsealed Tuesday.

The indictment charges RCI Hospitality Holdings, five of its executives, and three RCI-owned strip clubs in Manhattan with 79 crimes including conspiracy, bribery, and criminal tax fraud.

It alleges that a state auditor, who is unnamed in the indictment, had a cozy 14-year relationship with RCI executives where he exchanged elaborate strip club outings for financial favors. The auditor, the court document reveal

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