( CNN ) -- A reputed New Jersey mobster whose strip club was the setting for the Bada Bing go-go bar on `` The Sopranos '' is playing out a scene from the hit HBO series by turning informant in real life , according to court papers . Under a December plea agreement , Anthony Cardinalle , 62 , of Saddle River , New Jersey , will assist the U.S. Justice Department , FBI , and other law enforcement agencies to uncover organized crime throughout the New York metropolitan area , according to court documents . Cardinalle , who the feds say is an associate of the Genovese crime family , was arrested in January 2013 on racketeering and extortion charges , along with 31 other people . The accused mobsters allegedly tried to take over legitimate waste disposal businesses by threatening economic and physical harm , according to court papers . His collaboration with federal law enforcement officials would make him what Soprano `` wiseguys '' would call a `` mob rat . '' Cardinalle 's supposed exploits are similar to those of the fictitious `` Sopranos '' characters . `` The tactics they used to exert and maintain their control come right out of the mafia playbook , '' U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement last year when charges were announced . Cardinalle was a member of what prosecutors called the Waste Disposal Enterprise , a criminal organization that engaged in various crimes , including extortion , loansharking , mail fraud and stolen property offenses , according to court papers . His lawyer did not immediately return calls seeking comment . Cardinalle faces up to 40 years in prison , but he may be eligible for a lighter sentence because of his guilty plea and cooperation . Law enforcement officials have agreed not to prosecute Cardinalle for criminal tax violations , according to court papers . Cardinalle 's Lodi , New Jersey club , Satin Dolls , was where the infamous mob boss Tony Soprano regularly conducted shady business deals in his office in the backroom . When `` The Sopranos '' star James Gandolfini died in June , Satin Dolls honored the late actor by putting up pictures of him throughout club and a sign outside that said , `` Thank You Jimmy , Farewell Boss . ''
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