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The Lufthansa heist was a robbery which took place at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 11, 1978. An estimated US$5.875 million (equivalent to US$28.32 million in 2024) was stolen, with $5 million in cash and $875,000 in jewelry, making it the largest cash robbery committed in the U.S. at the time.
James Burke was portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, renamed Jimmy Conway. Burke was played by John Mahoney in the 1991 television film The 10 Million Dollar Getaway, which details the events of the Lufthansa Heist. Donald Sutherland also portrayed Burke for the 2001 television film The Big Heist.
Vincent Asaro (July 10, 1935 – October 22, 2023) was an American mobster who served as a caporegime in the Bonanno crime family. [1] [2] Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, he was arrested by the FBI on January 23, 2014 and indicted on charges related to the 1978 Lufthansa heist at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Five men getting charged with the 1978 Lufthansa robbery at Kennedy Airport, a man getting 18 months in the clink for drunk dialing the FBI with a fake hijacking threat and a U.S. woman likely ...
By Chris Francescani (Reuters) - Five people said to be part of a New York crime family were arrested on Thursday, including a 78-year-old man accused of participating in a notorious 1978 airport ...
An accused mobster charged in an infamous 1978 heist is the victim of lies "bought and paid for" by federal authorities, a defense lawyer told jurors Monday. N.Y. man accused in 'Goodfellas' heist ...
Thomas DeSimone (June 6, 1946 – disappeared January 14, 1979) was an American criminal associated with New York City's Lucchese crime family who is alleged to have participated in both the Air France robbery and the Lufthansa heist. He also committed numerous murders, including killing William "Billy Batts" Bentvena in 1970. DeSimone went ...
The 2001 TV film The Big Heist was based on the Lufthansa heist, and Hill was portrayed by Nick Sandow. [citation needed] [51] In 2004, Hill was interviewed by Charlie Rose for 60 Minutes. [52] Hill celebrated the film's 20th anniversary on July 24, 2010, by hosting a private screening at the Museum of the American Gangster. [53]