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But Asaro’s long life of crime was anything but quiet. He was fingered in the now notorious 1978 Lufthansa heist at JFK airport depicted in the iconic mob movie, Goodfellas.
Asaro was the last surviving member of the crew that pulled off a $6 million robbery. The others preceded him to the morgue via bullets or if they were lucky, natural causes. Cops said that Aasaro was part of the Lufthansa caper that was the brainchild of criminal mastermind, Lucchese associate James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke. His character was portrayed by Robert DeNiro in Goodfellas.
“And we loaded everything into the van. It was euphoria. We thought there was $2 million in cash and there was $6 million. Without the gold. Without the German money.”
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