Darien Man Pleads Guilty To Covering Up $135K Spent At Strip Clubs: DA

DARIEN, CT — Christopher Oxer, a Darien resident who was the manager of City Carting, a Westchester County, N.Y., waste removal firm, pleaded guilty last week to submitting false financial records that concealed $135,000 in company money spent at strip clubs, according to a news release from Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah.

Oxer pleaded guilty to offering a first-degree false instrument for filing, a felony, and City Carting of Westchester, Inc., pleaded guilty to first-degree attempt at offering a false instrument for filing, a misdemeanor.

An investigation found that the defendants submitted false financial statements that concealed transactions Oxer made at strip clubs in New York City between 2018 and 2019 totaling $135,000 on the corporation's American Express credit card, Rocah said.

One transaction included $40,000 that was spent on a single visit at one establishment, Rocah added, noting that the expenditures were entered into City Carting’s accounting records as business expenses for items such as tires, tolls, equipment and maintenance.

In accordance with their plea agreements, Oxer will be sentenced on Aug. 2 to six months in jail, which will run concurrent to his one-year federal prison sentence for tax fraud charges related to his conduct, Rocah said in a news release.

Additionally, the corporation will be required to pay a $5,000 fine, which is in addition to separate fines levied against City Carting by Westchester County, who terminated their contract with the waste removal firm, Rocah said in a news release.