The Pierre Hotel Affair / The Lufthansa Heist- Daniel Simone

The Pierre Hotel Affair / The Lufthansa Heist- Daniel Simone
The startling and sensational true story of the most famous
unsolved heist in American history: the theft of $28 million in
jewels from the Pierre Hotel.
New York City, 1972.

Bobby Comfort and Sammy “the Arab” Nalo were highly skilled jewel
thieves who specialized in robbing luxury Manhattan hotels. (They
once robbed Sophia Loren’s suite, relieving the Italian actress of
over $1 million in gems.) With the blessing of the Lucchese crime
family, their next plot targeted the posh Pierre Hotel―host to
kings and queens, presidents and aldermen, and the wealthiest of
the wealthy.

Attired in tuxedoes and driven in a limousine, this band of thieves
arrived at the Pierre and with perfect timing, they seized the
security guards and, in systematically choreographed moves, they
swiftly took the night staff―and several unfortunate guests who
happened to be roaming around the lobby―as hostages.

The deposit boxes inside the vault chamber are plundered and, after
the intruders have held the Pierre under siege for almost two
hours, the gentlemanly thieves depart in their limousine with a
haul of $28 million. But then matters begin to deteriorate.
Comfort, Nalo, and their partners begin to double and triple cross
one another―two absconding to Europe with the bulk of the booty
while three are murdered by their former associates.

The authorities immediately suspect Comfort and Nalo of
masterminding the Pierre ambush and arrest them, but these veteran
criminals keep their mouths shut. To ensure that they are not
prosecuted, the Lucchese Family funnels a $500,000 bribe to the
presiding judge to quash the charges―and to this day The Pierre
Hotel caper remains unsolved.

A suspenseful narrative of Mafia intrigue, police corruption, and
personal betrayal―which concludes with a poignant love affair―this
is the true story of the most famous hotel robbery in American
history.

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