Joseph D Pistone net worth and salary: Joseph D Pistone is a Law Enforcement Officer who has a net worth of $500,000 USD. Joseph D Pistone was born in in September 17, 1939. Known for his nearly thirty-year-long career with the FBI, this legendary secret agent successfully infiltrated both the Bonanno and Colombo New York Mafia families. He was one of the first FBI agents to participate in lengthy undercover assignments.
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💰Joseph D Pistone Net worth: $500,000 USD (Updated at 15 March 2019)
About
Known for his nearly thirty-year-long career with the FBI, this legendary secret agent successfully infiltrated both the Bonanno and Colombo New York Mafia families. He was one of the first FBI agents to participate in lengthy undercover assignments.
Before Fame
After studying primary school education at Paterson State College in New Jersey, he briefly worked as a teacher before working for the Office of Naval Intelligence, and later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Trivia
Evidence he collected during his five-year undercover assignment resulted in the convictions of more than one hundred members of the Mafia.
Family Life
Though born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he grew up primarily in Paterson, New Jersey. A member of a Sicilian-American family, he met numerous members of the Mafia during his childhood and so was in a unique position to fully understand the inner workings of the Mafia system and successfully impersonate someone belonging to this world.
Associated With
In a 1997 film based on Pistone's 1998 memoir Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, actor Johnny Depp portrayed Pistone (Brasco).
