NEW YORK – A lawyer who operated a New York City lap dance club has been indicted on charges of promoting prostitution and laundering money.

Prosecutors say 52-year-old Louis Posner ran the unlicensed Hot Lap Dance Club in Manhattan and made more than $726,000 there from January through June.

They say he split prostitution fees with some of the club’s dancers, who charged $20 and up for lap dances and up to $5,000 for sex.

Prosecutors say Posner was at the club nightly and sometimes had sex with the dancers.

Posner and his 57-year-old wife also are charged with falsifying business records. Prosecutors say Betty Posner helped hide cash generated by the club.

Both pleaded not guilty at their arraignments Thursday in state Supreme Court.