Radomir Buzdum, Strip Club Prostitution & Tax Evasion, Wisconsin 2021

Radomir Buzdum, a 61-year-old former strip club owner from Watertown, Wisconsin, has been charged with federal offenses related to the operation of the TNT / Wild Rose strip club in Lebanon, Wisconsin.

According to a federal grand jury indictment, Buzdum and Timothy J. Miller, a 49-year-old former manager, conspired with others to use facilities in interstate commerce to promote, manage, and carry on unlawful prostitution offenses between July 2012 and January 2019.

The indictment alleges that the purpose of the conspiracy was to generate revenue by making areas of the club available for unlawful prostitution activity, including oral sex, full intercourse, and fetish activities. Members of the conspiracy allegedly hired and employed dancers willing to perform sex acts, including women they knew were working for pimps, and allowed customers to use credit cards to pay for private rooms and to obtain cash back to pay dancers directly for sex acts.

Buzdum and Miller each face up to five years in prison if convicted of Count One of the indictment. Buzdum also faces up to three years in prison per count of conviction if found guilty of Counts Two and Three, which allege that he made and subscribed materially false tax returns for Tequila Nights, Inc. (TNI) for tax years 2015 and 2016.

The indictment further alleges that Buzdum willfully underreported gross receipts and business income from his strip club and tavern, the Dew Drop Inn, located in Watertown. If convicted, Buzdum faces a maximum fine of $250,000 and a maximum term of three years of supervised release following any prison sentence.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, Racine Police Department, United States Department of Labor – Office of Inspector General, Hartford Police Department, and Federal Deposition Insurance Corporation – Office of Inspector General, with the assistance of the Wisconsin Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation, Watertown Police Department, Milwaukee Police Department and United States Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Erica J. Lounsberry and Acting U.S. Attorney Richard G. Frohling.

The public is cautioned that an indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

Contact Public Information Officer Kenneth Gales at (414) 297-1700 or kenneth.gales@usdoj.gov for further information.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/dodge-county-strip-club-owner-former-manager-charged-federal-offenses-0