One Night at a Manhattan Strip Club a Night of Debauchery-$40,000
On September 9, Christopher Oxer plead guilty in White Plains Federal court to income tax evasion, in connection with the $135,000 he spent on strip clubs and charged to his business account. Oxer, 35, is the manager of City Carting of Westchester, a company that has the contracts for Westchester recycling facilities.
Oxer pled guilty to failing to report income of in excess of $800,0000, resulting in an unpaid Federal income tax bill of $233,000. He faces up to 5 years in jail when he is sentenced in Jan. of 2023.
A Federal monitor had appointed Kroll Associates to review the expenses of City Carting and its contracts with Westchester County, when Oxer’s charges were flagged. Oxer attempted to pass off the $135,000 in strip club charges as legitimate business expenses, including one $40,000 night of debauchery.
Westchester DA Mimi Rocah’s office charged Oxer with six counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a felony, last year. Those charges remain outstanding, as does a tax case with The State Department of Taxation, who will try and recoupt $45,000 in unpaid state taxes that Oxer tried to avoid.
“The Westchester District Attorney’s Office has zero tolerance for public corruption and misuse of public tax dollars by government employees or contractors,” DA Rocah said. “The actions of Christopher Oxer and City Carting of Westchester represent a brazen attempt to rip off county residents by including expenditures for items that clearly are not covered under their contract.”
City Carting of Westchester has been contracted to operate various recyclables and landfill services to Westchester County for almost 20 years, at an annual contract of more than $20 Million. The criminal case with Oxer resulted in the Westchester Sold Waste Commission to revoke the City Carting contract, but the company continues to operate because the County needs until next year to find a replacement.
Kroll’s job was to make sure that the county’s garbage and recycling operations are not under the influence of organized crime. Through their attorneys, City Carting has claimed that the company did not know what Oxer was doing and should not be held liable or responsible for his actions.
