Gardner Heist Revisited: A Boston Mob Crew Likely Stole the Art, FBI Vet Says
FBI agent Geoffrey Kelly’s new book argues the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft was carried out by a small Boston mob crew led by Carmello Merlino, with two men posing as police; it rejects popular theories about Corsican or IRA involvement and suggests the stolen paintings remain unrecovered, amid ongoing investigations and a renewed $10 million reward.