LAS VEGAS – Convicted strip club owner Rick Rizzolo [pictured center] has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for tax evasion.

48-year-old Rick Rizzolo is also required to sell the Crazy Horse Too club and compensate a man paralyzed in a beating by club employees.

Rizzolo’s expected to start his prison term by May 22nd.

He also was fined 250-thousand dollars after pleading guilty in June to conspiracy to defraud the government.

The club — as a corporation represented by Rizzolo’s lawyer — pleaded guilty in U-S District Court in Las Vegas to racketeering.

It’s expected to foot most of the 17 (M) million dollars in financial penalties.

The company acknowledged that employees padded customers’ bills and used force to compel customers to pay disputed charges.

One tourist — Kirk Henry from Olathe, Kansas, is due to receive 10 (M) million dollars to settle a separate civil lawsuit alleging he was paralyzed when he was beaten by club employees in 2001.