Arrest Made in 1978 ‘Goodfellas’ Heist at J.F.K.
In the predawn hours of Dec. 11, 1978, a group of masked gunmen seized about $6 million in cash and jewels from a cargo building at Kennedy International Airport. 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 movie “Goodfellas.” It remained unsolved for four decades, perhaps because many of those who might have known something turned up dead.
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