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FBI focusing on recovery in ‘90 art heist

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FBI agent Richard DesLauriers, standing next to a poster that shows a Rembrandt painting and offers a reward, on Monday discusses the famed $500 million art theft that occurred in Boston in 1990.

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The FBI says it has solved the decades-old mystery of who stole $500 million in artwork from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, but it is withholding the identities of the thieves, adding another twist to the largest property heist in U.S. history. On Monday, the 23rd anniversary of the theft, authorities announced a new publicity campaign aimed at generating tips.