CEO’s $1.6M for coke

A Manhattan real-estate exec pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing $1.6 million from his company to pay for cocaine and strip-club binges.

Rockie Gajwani, ex-CEO of Trevi Retail, copped to one count of wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion in Manhattan federal court.

Gajwani wrote himself checks and wired himself company funds for nonbusiness expenses, including coke-fueled trips to strip clubs, federal officials said.

To cover his tracks, he solicited help from an employee. In May 2012, for example, Gajwani told the employee he needed help paying his credit-card bill, which included large expenses tied to one of his strip-club outings.

The employee agreed to write Gajwani a check for a $16,000 — but only after Gajwani gave the worker a similarly sized check from Trevi that Gajwani labeled “expenses,” officials said.