recording device: Previte died Aug. 21 at a hospital in Galloway Township, New Jersey, according to Carnesale Funeral Home, according to The Japan Times. Philly Voice reported he had a heart attack. ; Previte, an imposing man who stood 6-foot-2 and weighed nearly 300 pounds, wore a hidden microphone beginning in 1997 and recorded hundreds of conversations for the FBI while leading a double life as a made member of the Mafia. He was 73. He freely admitted to a 30-year career in crime, including gambling, loan-sharking, extortion, drug trafficking and prostitution. Previte testified he would meet FBI agents in a hotel, get the recording device strapped to his body, attend a mob meeting and then return to the hotel to be debriefed and return the equipment. I was a crook, Previte testified at the 2001 trial of Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Skinny Joey Merlino and several other mobsters.
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