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Mobster’s widow confirms husband gave art to ‘friend’

Her tip was key to Conn. search

By Milton J. Valencia and Stephen Kurkjian

 |  Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent  

  May 12, 2012

The widow of a Mafia associate from Maine, whose home the FBI searched three years ago as part of the investigation into the Gardner Museum heist, told authorities that she saw her husband give a painting to the Connecticut man who has become the latest person of interest in the notorious theft, the Globe has confirmed through several sources. The information was the basis for the recent thorough searches of the man’s home, according to his lawyer.

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