Lufthansa heist - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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 on American soil at the time.
How the 1978 Lufthansa Heist Led to a Trail of Dead Bodies
WEBJan 20, 2023 · On December 11, 1978, six masked, armed men burst into the Lufthansa Airlines cargo terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport during a graveyard shift and robbed $5.8...
Lufthansa heist | Background & Facts | Britannica
WEBLufthansa heist, theft on December 11, 1978, of some $5.8 million in cash and jewels from the air cargo building of the German airline Lufthansa at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City—at the time the biggest cash theft to …
Henry Hill and the Real-Life GoodFellas: The True Story ... - Biography
WEBJul 22, 2020 · The heist was an inside job, engineered by Brooklyn gangsters. Well before dawn on December 11, 1978, six henchmen working for Burke pulled up outside a Lufthansa Airlines cargo building at JFK...
Lufthansa Heist: The Real Story Of Goodfellas' $6 Million Robbery
WEBJun 9, 2024 · America's largest robbery ever committed to that point, the 1978 Lufthansa heist saw thieves take $5,875,000 in cash and jewels from New York's JFK Airport. Discover the real story behind what was the biggest cash robbery in U.S. history.
Lufthansa Heist Murders: How Paranoia and Greed Led to the …
WEBDec 10, 2018 · The December 11, 1978 Lufthansa heist by the Lucchese crime family at New York's JFK airport, was the most infamous caper in U.S. history.
What Happened During the Lufthansa Heist of 1978 - Business Insider
WEBJan 23, 2014 · In 1978, half a dozen armed robbers in ski masks raided the Lufthansa Airlines cargo building at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and made off with $5 million in cash and...
Millions stolen from JFK Airport in infamous ‘Lufthansa heist’
WEBDec 11, 2018 · How the 1978 Lufthansa Heist Led to a Trail of Dead Bodies. A crew of mafia‑affiliated hijackers, killers, loan sharks and thieves made off with $5.8 million in cash and jewels.
As Seen in ‘Goodfellas’: Arrest Is Made in ’78 Lufthansa Robbery
WEBJan 23, 2014 · The Lufthansa heist, as it was known, was billed as the biggest cash robbery in United States history, and it played a starring role in the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie “Goodfellas.” It remained...
Riveting Retelling of ’78 Lufthansa Heist, but in Court, Not on Film
WEBOct. 20, 2015. Wearing black ski masks and gloves and driving a stolen van, six Mafia members and associates came to a stop outside a terminal at Kennedy International Airport on a December night...
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