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Louis Werner

Lufthansa airport worker and convicted criminal
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  • Front page of the New York Daily News declaring "Inside Job Seen in $5M JFK Heist"
    Lufthansa heist
    / The planning

    The convicted person, Louis Werner, was a cargo agent at Lufthansa who also was a gambler. He was aware that about once a month the airline flew in large amounts of cash that had been exchanged in Germany by American servicemen and tourists; that cash often stayed in…

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    The convicted person, Louis Werner, was a cargo agent at Lufthansa who also was a gambler. He was aware that about once a month the airline flew in large amounts of cash that had been exchanged in Germany by American servicemen and tourists; that cash often stayed in…

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