When Robert Laflar, owner of Oasis Gentlemen's Club in the 6800 block of Essington Avenue near Philadelphia International Airport, was charged along with two employees in 2009 in a patron's parking-lot beating death, Verdi purportedly drove to the club to control the fallout and ensure the strip joint stayed open. Though Laflar died of a drug overdose before he could stand trial, the charges against Verdi say the club spent more than $7,000 at Chappy's in the months before and after the crime.