As a tech agent, we don't physically work the investigative end of the cases.

The organized crime squad would contact the U.S. Attorney's Office.

They would say they had reason to believe that there were discussions of criminal activity

occurring in a certain location.

The attorney would get a court order to make these surreptitious entries.

They would tell us the locations where it was,

what we needed to do. The ultimate goal is to successfully put microphones in and then hopefully

be able to record conversations that are criminal in nature.

Welcome to episode 391 of FBI case file review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does

through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.

Today, we get to speak to retired agent Jerry Bianchi, who served in the FBI for 36 years,

eight as a support employee, and 28 as a special agent.

In this episode, Jerry reviews several investigations. He worked as a technically

trained agent in the Philadelphia Division, where he and his technical operation squad,

or tech squad, surreptitiously entered into a mob attorney's law office, Philly Mob boss John Stapfus, Luncheonette,

Philly Mob boss Ralph Nettelli's penthouse apartment, and the former Garden State Racetrack

to install court-authorized electronic surveillance recording devices. You know, wiretaps,

hidden cameras, and bugs. Jerry appears in the Netflix

documentary, Mob War, Philadelphia versus the mafia, a three-part series where he talks about how the

tech squad contributed to the successful prosecution in many organized crime cases.

Jerry also shares on this podcast true stories where he and his tech agents

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