No Jail Time for Ex-DEA Agent Who Secretly Ran Strip Club, Dated Brazilian Dancer

WEST NYACK, NY — The former Drug Enforcement Administration agent who lied to his bosses about running a strip club in Hackensack, NJ was sentenced Wednesday to one year of probation, 250 hours of community service, and $5,300 in financial penalties.

David Polos of West Nyack was until recently an assistant special agent-in-charge with the Drug Enforcement Administration. He was convicted in June with Glen Glover, a DEA information technology specialist from Lyndhurst, NJ.

Polos and Glover operated the Twins Plus Go-Go Lounge — sometimes during their agency work hours. Glover was a part owner, and Polos had an ownership stake in the club. He wasn't a silent partner — prosecutors said during the trial that Polos would text other club managers if he needed help covering all or part of his work shift — at one point joking about bringing President Obama, who was visiting New York, to check out some of the dancers.

Polos was also dating one of the dancers, a woman from Brazil.

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Prosecutors said the two had been warned by others, including employees, that at times drug use, drug sales and illicit sexual activity appeared to be taking place at and outside the club, which also operated as an all-cash business and did not pay required taxes during its first year in operation.

Preet Bharara, United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said if the two had revealed their connection to the strip club, they probably would not have passed the background checks required for their work.

During sentencing, District Judge Paul G. Gardephe said that POLOS’s behavior was “truly shocking” for a law enforcement official who held “a great deal of responsibility," Bharara reported.

Polos, 51, and Glover, 45, were convicted in June of one count of conspiracy to make false statements, and were each convicted of one count of making false statements, in connection with their work at the Club. Polos was convicted of an additional count of false statements in connection with his failure to disclose his relationship with a foreign national. Glover is due to be sentenced on Feb. 10.

SEE:

• West Nyack Man Hid Strip Club Ownership From DEA Bosses
• DEA Agents Convicted in Secret Strip Club Operation