Lufthansa

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The Lufthansa Heist was a robbery that took place at the John F. Kennedy International Airport; the people (players) robbed five million dollars at the time of the robbery. The total amount of money robbed to todays’ date is estimated to be around eighteen million dollars and three million dollars in jewelry. The heist was planned by Jimmy Burke and carried out by a number of people. A van would be used to transport the cash and another car would accompany the van to run interference should something happen. There were several people who took about in this heist, and they all had different roles to play. Martin Krugman was the one who started the plot when he told Henry Hill, who happened to be an associates of Jimmy Burke, about millions of dollars that were untraceable. This information came from two workers at the airport Louis Werner and Peter Gruenwald, they were successful in stealing money from their employer, Lufthansa, in 1976. Louis Werner helped throughout the planning process, such as telling them where the robbers should park their cars/vans. One thing that made this heist more famous was the fact that Jimmy Burke started to kill off the member of the heist is a span of six months. He did this because he thought they would bring suspension by being careless, he thought that if they were caught they may speak, he also didn’t want to share any of the six million dollars with anyone else. The people that were involved or players that were involved in this heist were; Parnell Edwards, Marin Krugman, Richard Eaton, Theresa Ferrara, Tom Monteleone, Louis Cafora, Joanna Cafora, Joe Manri, Robert McMahon, Paolo LiCastri, Thomas DeSimone, Angelo Sepe, Joanna Lombardo, and Frank Burke. Ten of these players (people) invo... ... middle of paper ... ... Martin Krugman’s body was never found. He was declared deceases. Mark Santangeli, was murdered, he played no part in the heist. Theresa Ferrar’s dismembered body was found near Toms Rivere. No one was charged with her murder. Paolo LiCastri, Manriquez, Robert McMahon and Angelo Sepe’s murders haven’t been solved. Louis Cafora and his wife Joanna’s bodies were never found. Tommy DeSimone’s body was never found. Peter Gruenwald with his wife disappeared into the Witness Protection Program. Bill Fischetti disappeared into the Witness Proctection Program. Frank Menna disappeared into the Witness Protection Prgram. Louis Werner convicted on May 16, 1979; married Janet Barbieri following his release from prison. Works Cited Lufthansa Heist. (n.d.). Retrieved Feb 13, 2014, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_heist

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