Waste removal firm files fraudulent financial data to cover up strip club payments

The manager of a solid waste disposal and recycling company in Westchester County, New York—along with the company itself—has been accused of filing false financial data with a monitoring firm to cover up spending on strip clubs.

As reported by Patch.com, City Carting of Westchester and manager Christopher Oxer, 35, were charged with six counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing.

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah said City Carting, located in Yonkers, received more than $20 million annually under its Westchester County contract.

The false filings were allegedly made in 2018 and 2019 and were meant to conceal payments to strip clubs, she said. The total amount of the false filings charged July 6 comes to $135,000, including one instance in which $40,000 was spent in a single visit to one of the establishments, according to prosecutors. The investigation is still ongoing.

Rocah told Patch.com her office has zero-tolerance for public corruption and misuse of public tax dollars by government employees or contractors.

"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," she said.

Under the contract with the county that has been in place since 2004, City Carting of Westchester operates transfer stations, operates and maintains a materials recovery facility (MRF) for recyclables. The company also provides landfill capacity and other services relating to solid waste removal.

Through an agreement with the county, Kroll Associates, the monitor, was tasked with ensuring that City Carting complies with criminal and civil laws and is not under the influence of organized crime, the district attorney's office said.