FBI officials have indicted a suspected mobster for the 1978 Lufthansa heist at Kennedy International Airport, which was billed as the largest robbery in US history at the time.
The robbery on December 11, 1978, was dramatised in Goodfellas, the Martin Scorsese movie inspired by the life of Henry Hill.
Hooded gunmen invaded the airline's cargo terminal and made off with $5m in cash and nearly $1m in jewels. The cash was never found.
Federal prosecutors issued a wide-ranging indictment against five defendants, alleging murder, robbery, extortion, arson and bookmaking.
One of them, Vincent Asaro, was accused of participating in the Lufthansa heist.
The FBI searching Burke's property last June Asaro is an alleged captain in the Bonanno crime family. He and the other defendants are due in court later.
The robbery was planned by James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, an associate of the Lucchese crime family who inspired the character played by Robert De Niro in the film.
The FBI last June searched Burke's property in Queens, where the robbery was believed to have been planned.
Burke died in prison in 1996 while serving time for the murder of a drug dealer.
Hill, the mobster-turned-informant played by Ray Liotta in the movie, admitted to his role.
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