Let's look at an art heist article dated December 1, 2021 by the DailyMail.co.uk (the DailyMail receives these emails too). The article is titled "REVEALED: Mobster criminal suspected of biggest unsolved art theft in US history - where $500M in treasures, including a Rembrandt, were taken - asked friend to appraise 'stolen' bronze eagle a year before Donati's '91 murder" Click here to view the article
The DailyMail article is about a Paul Calantropo going to the FBI (around 2016) to report seeing Donati with the stolen bird finial in 1990. Calantropo didn't originally report this to authorities because his clients were mafia. So this made Calantropo basically an accomplice after the fact, correct?
A few comments after reading this news article:
First - According to the media, Bobby Donati and several of his buddies were each pre-paid $100k to do the heist. It was around a total of $500k supposedly paid to these mobsters to do this heist. If that is the case, why would Donati still be in possession of any of the artwork, why would he have buried it? Why would he have the bird finial? There are also claims Donati did the heist for leverage to get his buddy out of prison. But which is it? Him and several others were paid $100k each or they planned the heist for leverage? If it is for leverage why is he looking to pawn/sell the bird finial? The media reports such conflicting information and ignores Suzanne's theories totally.
Note: The 1991 James Bourlet & Sons Warehouse fire occurred 14 days after Donati was found murdered mafia style. It is reported that Frederick R. Koch had the most items damaged in this fire. If you read my other newsletters the fire was a result of a temper tantrum by Frederick R. Koch for the museum he was being denied creating in London. No one denies a billionaire. Billionaires also get away with large art crimes.
Second - The person that wrote a letter to the museum in 1994 stated the artwork was being stored in "archival conditions." That wouldn't be the wording one would think a mobster would use. Archival conditions would probably be the complete opposite of being buried in one's backyard. The letter came from New York and not the Boston area. The writer of the letter also had knowledge of international art laws. Frederick R. Koch had a home in New York. There is the State of Florida Department of Revenue 1980s document for Ed Koch with International Art Trading filed in Miami - just south of where Mary lived when these 1990s transactions occurred. Frederick R. Koch was a large art collector and definitely had the means and know how for storing things in "archival conditions".
Third - The authorities have a fingerprint from the flag's frame where the finial was stolen from and it isn't in the fingerprint database. Donati and all his buddies had been arrested and their fingerprints are in the database. In 2015 the FBI named George Reissfelder and Lenny DiMuzio (both of whom have probably been arrested). Both dead - dead men can't talk. Even the FBI is participating in the cover up. Not surprising. John Connolly - an American former FBI agent (ran the Boston FBI division) who was convicted of racketeering, obstruction of justice, and murder charges stemming from his relationship with James "Whitey" Bulger, Steve Flemmi, and the Winter Hill Gang. James "Whitey" Bulger even has supposed ties to the art heist.
I doubt the FBI ever ran Frederick Koch's or John Olsen's fingerprints.
Fourth - Donati doesn't look like either man in the FBI's sketch of the two men. But Frederick R. Koch bears resemblances to one of the men in the sketch. There are no photos of John Olsen to compare how he looks. Suzanne met with Robert Wittmann, a former FBI agent that specialized in art crimes, at an art event in Palm Beach, FL, in February 2012 and he had the Koch brothers (David, Charles, and William) there and she believes she saw John Olsen as well and swears he bears a resemblance to the 2nd man in the heist FBI sketch. Contact Robert Wittman and he can confirm this meeting - though he is participating in the cover up to. Along with Julian Radcliffe from the Art Loss Register in London.
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