5 reputed mobsters to be charged in Lufthansa heist
ABCNews By Josh Margolin and Pierre Thomas
NEW YORK -- Federal agents on Thursday are doing something they couldn't do for more than three decades, charging a reputed mobster in connection with the infamous Lufthansa Heist at Kennedy International Airport in 1978, ABC News has learned.
As part of a series of predawn raids around the New York metro area, FBI agents are apprehending 78-year-old Vincent Asaro, of Howard Beach, Queens, according to sources. Said to be a ranking member of the Bonanno organized crime family, Asaro is to be arraigned in federal court on a series of racketeering charges to include the JFK robbery caper made famous in the Martin Scorsese film "Goodfellas."
FBI spokeswoman Kelly Langmesser told ABC News that an FBI operation is ongoing and further details will be released later.
With the unsealing of an indictment, Asaro is to become the first accused mobster to face charges in the Lufthansa Heist. Previously, the only other person who ever had to answer for a role in the notorious robbery was Louis Werner, an airport worker who provided critical inside information to the robbers.
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