In a single box he finds $800,000 in cash. ibid.
Back at their hideout Bobby divides up the cash and keeps the gems to be fenced. He has pulled off his greatest heist – over $10,000,000 in cash and jewels. His only problem will be his right-hand man ... Bobby Comfort has pulled off the hotel heist of the century. ibid.
Naylor has gambling debts with the Mob. ibid.
The would-be buyer is an FBI associate. ibid.
On December 11th 1978 the biggest robbery in US history took place, the Lufthansa Heist. It was the perfect robbery and the mastermind behind it was the Irish gangster Jimmy the Gent Burke. The Irish Mob s1e3, 2016
The basis for Robert De Niro’s character in the film Goodfellas. ibid.
Jimmy Burke was one of the richest and most powerful gangstas in New York. ibid.
Burke was sentenced to life in prison where he died on April of 1996 at the age of 64. ibid.
In the 1970s a war was fought for control of the Cleveland rackets in Ohio, a war that ripped the city apart. On one side was the Mafia, and on the other was the Irishman known as the Celtic warrior, Danny Greene. ibid.
Multiple assassination attempts failed. And Greene put it all down to the luck of the Irish. ibid.
Miami was the fashionable sixties hangout where the beach boys and girls of the East Coast showed off their tans and their physiques. Great Crimes & Trials: Murph the Surf
A trio of surfers left their boards in Miami and flew north to the chill of New York. They were Roger Frederick Clark aged twenty-nine ... Alan Kuhn ... Jack Roland Murphy also known as Murph the Surf. ibid.
On the night of 29th October they went museum-visiting again after it had closed ... The windows were left routinely two inches open. Amazed to realise there were no alarms they helped themselves to twenty-four of the choicest stones and escaped undetected. ibid.
The Museum of Natural History where the robbery had only been discovered when a guard arrived for work. ibid.
The burglar alarm system had been disconnected several years before as an economy measure. ibid.
New York’s press were shocked at the daring of the robbery. ibid.
The Midnight Star sapphire – one hundred and sixty-one carats; on the right, the de Long Star ruby – a hundred carats; and as big as a golf ball the Star of India – at five hundred and sixty-five. ibid.
Explaining that there was a world of difference between beach boys which they were and beach bums which were parasites. ibid.
Actress Ava Gabor identified Murphy and Kuhn as the men who had forced their way into her apartment, beating her up and stealing her jewellery worth $50,000. ibid.
They pleaded guilty ... In the end they each got three consecutive one-year sentences. ibid.
Murph the Surf kept popping up in the public eye. ibid.
He was arrested for murder. ibid.
Colombo also made money from hijacking trucks and cargoes. Mafia’s Greatest Hits s1e3: Joe Colombo: The Maverick Mobster, Yesterday 2012
In 1976 New York was facing a wave of truck hijackings. Mafia’s Greatest Hits s1e8: Donnie Brasco: Undercover in the Mob
He is one of the most prolific bank robbers in American history. American Gangster s2e8: Chaz Williams
In 1971 his crew got caught. ibid.
In September of 1975 he was found guilty of armed bank robbery. ibid.
The wire-taps revealed that several organised crime families in New York were involved in the Bulgari heist. Bringing Down the Mob
The detectives had stumbled on to a notorious band of serial burglars. They were nicknamed the Bypass Gang. ibid.
They were robbing New York blind, and seemed unstoppable. ibid.
Dominick Costa was the best safe-cracker around. ibid.
‘39 homicides in 4 states, 3 car bombings, a dozen kidnappings, numerous robberies.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s2e2: The Shadow Kingpin Bartolome Moya, Bio 2013
He [Barry Mills] could not leave the Brotherhood behind ... The Fresno California heist ... He helped plan some bank robberies. Gangsters: America’s Most Evil: Barry Mills s2e7
‘My name is Jonas Wojtowicz – you can call me the Dog.’ Storyville: The Great Sex Addict Heist: The Dog, BBC 2015
At 2.58 p.m. that afternoon two men entered a bank in Brooklyn and began what turned out to be the most sensational, most bizarre, most unbelievable bank robbery in the history of crime. ibid.
‘When we went inside the bank, Bobby walks over to me and says, I can’t do it.’ ibid.
‘One of the most celebrated losers of recent times.’ ibid. television news report
Henry Hill had a huge thirst for money. He could never be a real Mafioso so he helped others … Henry Hill was never a mobster, never a Goodfella, yet he was behind two of the biggest Mob heists pulled off in America at the time. Mafia Killers s1e6: Henry Hill the Godfather
I said the marine corps. I’m joining. Yeah. I’m talking about I wanna do something else. I don’t want to go to college. I’m sick of school. Dead Presidents 1995 starring Larenz Tate & Keith David & Chris Tucker & Bokeem Woodbine & Freddy Rodriguez & Rose Jackson & N’ Bushe Wright & Alvaleta Guess & James Pickens & Martin Sheen et al, director Albert & Allen Hughes, Anthony
You gotta remember I’m dealing with the NYPD – the greediest most corrupt people on the face on the Earth. ibid. Kirby to Anthony
Rob a bank … As long as you don’t do it too many times you’re fine. The Place Beyond the Pines 2013 starring Ryan Gosling & Bradley Cooper & Eva Mendes & Ben Mendelsohn & Dane DeHaan & Emory Cohen & Rose Byrne & Ray Liotta et al, director Derek Cainfrance, Robin to Glanton
Not since Hall & Oats has there been such a team. ibid.
I gotta go. I got my face on a cereal box. Heist 2001 starring Gene Hackman & Danny DeVito & Delroy Lindo & Rebecca Pidgeon & Sam Rockwell & Ricky Jay & Patti LuPone & Alan Bilzerian & Richard Friedman & Robert Lussier et al, director David Mamet
I’m gonna be as quiet as an ant pissing on cotton. ibid. Jimmy
Never liked the Swiss. They make them little clocks. These two cocksuckers come out of them. These little hammers. Hit each other on the head. What kind of sick mentality is that? ibid. Pinky
Joe: Nobody lives for ever.
Fran: Frank Sinatra gave it a shot. ibid.
You gotta rob to get rich in the Reagan era. ibid. Nino to gang
We taking over the Carter. We gonna bum-rush the whole damned thing. ibid.
The Cash Money Brothers are a self-contained unit now. ibid. Nino to messenger
I have a crack baby; he was born blind. ibid. mother’s confession
Ray: I need our six thousand bucks … I’ve got a brilliant idea. I’m gonna make us rich.
Frenchie: How you gonna make us rich? Rob a bank? Small Time Crooks 2000 starring Woody Allen & Tracey Ullman & Elaine May & Elaine Stritch & Hugh Grant & Michael Rapaport & Tony Darrow & Jon Lovitz & Brian Markinson & George Grizzard & Kristine Nielson et al, director Woody Allen
How’d you know that? That’s fantastic. How’d you guess that? ibid.
OK so we got off to a shaky start. ibid. him to her
It’s complicated. We keep getting lost. ibid.
Your accountants are in Venezuela. ibid.