Air France Robbery

The Air France Robbery was a 1967 on the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York committed by members of the New York Mafia crimes. There were looted while USD 420,000 in cash. This was the largest of a series of thefts at JFK Airport this time. Has committed the crime of Henry Hill, Robert McMahon, Thomas DeSimone and Montague Montemurro. It was planned the act of McMahon. Hill claims that it was this fact which had secured him access to the mafia and their confidence.

Planning

The Air France cash transported in the United States, which had been changed by Americans in Southeast Asia and output. The airline was contractually obliged to bring the money back to the U.S., to put it the American money market available again. The money was usually transported in money bags, each containing $ 60,000. Air France transported as weekly up to 1 million USD. The money was kept in a vault and guarded around the clock. According to Robert McMahon, who worked for the Air France cargo department, the Air France transported to the time usually three to four 60.000er bags. McMahon told Henry Hill that three or four men with guns could easily steal. Hill then took the plan to come into possession of the key, because you could better determine the timing of slamming. A critical point was the guard who led the key permanently with them. McMahon turned to the guard in front of a call girl, with these retired to the Jade East Motel. While the guard was distracted by the call girl who succeeded Hill to bring the keys themselves and to make a copy.

Implementation

McMahon got the information that on Friday, April 7, a sum of $ 400,000 will be delivered up to $ 700,000. It was decided to access midnight, while the guards would take a meal break. On the day of the robbery Hill and DeSimone drove with an empty suitcase to the Air France cargo terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

At 23.40 clock they entered the terminal. McMahon said she should enter the terminal so as people who were lost luggage. DeSimone and Hill entered the area undisturbed, closed the room with the custom built key on and found with the aid of a small flashlight seven sacks of money. They put the money in the suitcase and went. There was no alarm, no shot fired, no one was injured. Until Monday, the disappearance of the money went unnoticed. It was discovered only when a Wells Fargo truck arrived to pick up the money for the French American Banking Corporation. Henry Hill was the capo of the Lucchese family, Paul Vario some of the money from the payment of tribute.

Representation in film

The robbery is in Martin Scorsese's hit movie Goodfellas - represented three decades in the Mafia (1990 ), who has the life story of mobster Henry Hill on the subject.