Philadelphia- from www.myfoxphilly.com – Two men connected to two South Philadelphia strip clubs were visited by the FBI last week as part of a corruption probe.

The gates may keep the public away from the Blue Bell mansion of Robert Laflar, but they can’t keep the heat away from the FBI, the IRS and a federal grand jury.

Laflar’s huge home has an indoor basketball court, exotic cars, a theatre, and a professional football goal post bearing his name.

Laflar’s made millions on lucrative strip clubs, auto salvage yards and towing companies.

But now he is at the center of an expanding citywide corruption probe that’s focused on several Philadelphia police officers, a high ranking Licenses and Inspections official, and a local realtor.

Last week the FBI raided two Southwest Philadelphia strip clubs and a salvage yard connected to Laflar.

A federal grand jury is trying to determine if the public officials took money or gifts from the clubs, salvage companies and towing companies.

Another home raided by the FBI last week belonged to Henry Alfano in New Jersey, who is another powerful player in the corruption probe.

Alfano owns the buildings that house Laflar’s strip clubs.

When FBI agents went there, sources say they were looking for evidence of cash payments to public employees and the transfer of good and services to Sgt. Chris Bee, a detective in the major crimes unit and Licenses and Inspections official inspector Dominick Verdi.

“He is not a target of any investigation, he has been approached to be a witness which he will be and cooperate to the fullest extent,” said Jimmy Binns, Bee’s attorney.

Bee supervises the towing of abandoned cars by private tow companies in the city. His lawyer says he’s done nothing wrong.

FBI agents also seized half a million dollars in cash from Alfano’s home as they searched for records showing the sale of beer to the strip clubs a South Philadelphia beer distributorship owned in part by Verdi, who works on a city police task force charged with shutting down nuisance bars and clubs.

Verdi told Fox 29 he’s done nothing wrong.

Laflar’s attorney refused comment on the corruption probe.

“Mr. Alfano’s been involved in legitimate business enterprises for the past 40 years and he intends to fully comply with the government’s investigation in this matter,” said Fortunato Perri Jr., Alfano’s attorney.

The FBI, the U.S. attorney and police refused to comment on details of the investigation. Sgt. Bee has been transferred from his position with the city’s neighborhood services unit. Verdi and the major crimes detective remain on the job.

Copies of search warrants obtained by Fox 29 show the FBI also moved to seize police department records regarding the towing of all abandoned and stolen cars as well as the records on the city’s controversial rotational towing program, which directs tow companies to accident scenes to tow vehicles.