Mobster From Goodfella's Heists

Mobster from “Goodfella’s Heist” Apprehended

A mobster who was part of the famous mob heist that was featured in the movie “Goodfella’s” has been apprehended. He has been keeping his role from the famous movie a secret for decades, prosecutors say.

Vincent Asaro will go on trial Monday for charges that he was part of one of the largest cash heists in American history. The Lufthansa robbery which took place in 1978 at the Kennedy airport netted the robbers around $6 million.

Asaro, who has a history of mob related petty crimes, was arrested after being “ratted on” by his cousin Gaspare Valenti. Valenti worked with the police to coax Asaro into a confession while he was wearing a wire.

Prosecutors believe that Valenti, who is a member

The crime had to be OK’d by Asaro due to the fact that the airport was the turf of the crime family Asaro was associated with.

Prosecutors also believe that $750,000 was given to high ranking mobsters who were part of the robbery. Not all of the mobsters who was promised money received it. It is believed that some of the mobsters promised money either were killed before they received it or just wasn’t given any money.

While being recorded by his cousin, Asaro complained that he didn’t receive his share of the robbery money. Prosecutors believe he did receive all of his money and blew it at the local horse track. Asaro had a bad gambling problem at the time and immediately following the robbery was witnessed at the horse track placing larger bets than normal for Asaro.

With a hand full of mobsters with their new found wealth itching to spend it they were buying lavish cars, furs and jewlery. This prompted a bloody string of murders ordered by Robert De Niro’s caracter in “goodfella’s” because he was concerned this may attracted unwanted attention from law

You may have seen the movie and recognize the story. This is part of a story that was told in the movie “Goodfella’s” which centered on the Lufthansa robbery and subsequent killings.

The man on trial today is Vincent Asaro who was one of the planners of the heist. Asaro was a key member of the Bonanno crime family who roamed the streets of Queens and Brooklyn.

Asaro was a captain with the Bonanno crime family and with the influence of this Mafia family he was able to kill people who disagreed with him, set-up big scores stealing and extorting money from people. One time Asaro, who believed a person to be a “rat”, choked a person to death with a dog collar.

The Lufthansa heist which was located at John F. Kennedy Airport was the crime of the century for Asaro and the Bonanno family. Asaro flourished working for the Mafia, living for the power and wealth that it provided for him. The Lufthansa robbery netted around $6 million in jewelry and cash, this amount was in 1978 dollars. It is believed that Asaro himself got away with $500-$750 that he squandered at the race track, to fuel his gambling