Man Charged in Lufthansa Heist Depicted in ‘Goodfellas’
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Five alleged members of a New York crime family were indicted with a decades-long robbery and extortion conspiracy, including a 78-year-old man charged in connection with the 1978 Lufthansa heist at John F. Kennedy International Airport recounted in the film “Goodfellas.”
The five men, who prosecutors say are Bonanno crime family members, were engaged in a racketeering conspiracy that dates back to Jan. 1, 1968, and continued as recently as June 30, 2013, according to an indictment unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Three of the five defendants pleaded not guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marilyn Go. The magistrate ordered that all five remain in federal custody.