Author of the book Duped: a Harry Bartlett Mystery will be here to speak about his book.

THE HEIST

HAS ANYONE SEEN $500 MILLION IN ART LYING AROUND BOSTON?

An hour or so after the 1990 St. Patrick’s Day ended, two men dressed as Boston cops entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, stayed for about 90 minutes, and left with 13 pieces of art.

None of the priceless items have been found. Numerous suspects have been named over the years but none have been arrested. Many are now dead.

Retired corporate financial executive Bob Ainsworth, is the author of DUPED, a semi-fictional account of the unsolved 1990 art heist at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. He will review the actual details of the theft, the suspects, and the trail of the paintings after the theft. He will also tell of his own and others brush with the infamous crime.

BIO

Bob Ainsworth was raised in New Jersey, earned a BS in Accounting from Boston College, an MBA in Finance from Northeastern University and had his CPA. He worked in corporate accounting as a CFO and Controller and taught accounting. He uncovered two fraud cases during his career.

The idea for the Harry Bartlett stories sprang from his Accounting students' positive reactions to fraud anecdotes. He started to write his first story while commuting and then continued after retiring.

He is the author of the Harry Bartlett fraud mystery series which includes CONNED, Harry Bartlett’s first case in which he tracks down scams on Nantucket Island, and SCAMMED, in which a straight-forward embezzlement case puts him on the trail of intricate financial crimes

and murder while forcing Harry to confront his murky orphaned past. Signed copies of his books will be available for purchase.

He lives in retirement in Massachusetts with my family.