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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.
At that time, a Lufthansa shipping clerk, Louis Werner, owed gambling debts to a bookmaker, Marty Krugman, an associate of Hill. Werner was not in a financial capacity to settle with Krugman, but offered information on how to penetrate into the German Airline's cargo building, where cash and high valuables were stored.
James Burke (July 5, 1931 – April 13, 1996), also known as "Jimmy the Gent", was an American gangster and Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, the largest cash robbery in American history at the time.
The only person convicted in the Lufthansa heist was Louis Werner, an airport worker involved with the planning. [91] The money and jewellery have never been recovered. The heist's magnitude made it one of the longest-investigated crimes in U.S. history; the latest arrest associated with the robbery was made in 2014, which resulted in acquittal.
Former captain for Lufthansa prior to joining the Schutzstaffel (SS). He was later killed during the Battle in Berlin. [19] [19] Hans Baur: Pilot 1932–45 Personal pilot and close ally of Hitler since the political campaigns of the early 1930s [20] [21] Hans Hermann Junge: Aide-de-camp and valet (Schutzstaffel) 1940–43
The first section states that Louis Werner was the only person "charged" in the robbery. However, Vincent Ansaro was arrested, charged, tried, and acquitted (and, coincidentally, was just ordered released from prison--where he was serving time for an unrelated crime--because of vulnerability to COVID-19 at age 85).
Robert Longden as Dr. Louis Werner; Mary Ellen Ray as Lynn Nesbit; Elizabeth Spender as Marlene; The series, which The Guardian described as "a rollicking comedy with black edges", was released on Region 1 DVD in July 2010. [1]
Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky; [1] July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States.