The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_heist" id="mwASg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lufthansa heist">Lufthansa heist</a> is committed by a group led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucchese_crime_family" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lucchese crime family">Lucchese family</a> associate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(gangster)" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Burke (gangster)">Jimmy Burke</a>. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.