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Gallagher's, at 4319 37th Street in New York Google Maps

New York's only Irish strip club in tax evasion probe

Gallagher’s 2000 is located near the Irish neighbourhood of Sunnyside in Queens.

NEW YORK’S ONLY Irish strip club, based near the Irish neighbourhood of Sunnyside in Queens, is at the centre of a tax probe.

The owner of Gallagher’s 2000, Robert Potenza,  is being investigated for tax evasion, reports Irish Central. Potenza has opened his books for a federal court and maintains his innocence.

The New York Daily News reports that Potenza pays himself €1.5 million a year, and that hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash was found in the club, stored in a broken fridge, a fishing tackle box and on top of a beam.

It’s alleged that he made separate deposits in bank accounts in an effort to avoid paying tax, and that he pays his workers off the books. Potenza insists that he pays his taxes and says that the club simply takes in a lot of money. The authorities are looking to seize €900,000 from his accounts.

Irish Central reports that Irish clientele used to frequent Gallagher’s, but that is no longer the case.

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    Apr 9th 2020, 11:45 PM

    They should simply cancel all traffic offences where no injury occurred and all TV licence charges.

    That would reduce some of the load.

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    Apr 10th 2020, 12:33 AM

    @brendan fitzsimons: Hey Bren, one might think that you have a few penalty points on the way, or the lad with the TV license check, is hanging around your area! Wink,wink,

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    Apr 9th 2020, 11:29 PM

    Public has to have acess to the hearings.

    Justice must be done but must be seen to be done.

    Can’t have public justice done in private for obvious reasons.

    I’m sure this will fail in an accused states it’s obvious flaws.

    At moment done with accused consent

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    Apr 10th 2020, 9:39 AM

    Stephen, you might want to change the F for C?

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