article_snippet: The FBI has never come close to finding the paintings - despite supposedly promising leads last May - and there remains a $5million reward for information leading to their return.
article_snippet: But a likeness of the two men, who have never been caught're saying it's half a billion worth of artwork.'
article_snippet: The FBI has periodically renewed The FBI appeal for information about the artworks, and carries information about the reward prominently on The FBI website.
article_snippet: The FBI has claimed to be hot on the trail of the paintings in the past - but little has emerged.
article_snippet: In 2013, the bureau claimed to have made 'significant investigative progress' after figuring out that the stolen paintings had been taken to Connecticut and Philadelphia.
article_snippet: Agents also said 'a criminal organization with a base in the Mid-Atlantic states' was responsible, and had attempted to sell the stolen paintings in 2003.
article_snippet: Federal prosecutors have said Federal prosecutors would even consider immunity for those who help recover the artworks, and said Federal prosecutors could pay the huge reward anonymously.
article_snippet: In May 2014, the bureau made another announcement, saying there had been 'confirmed sightings' of the work - and even naming three men in connection with the crime.
article_snippet: In a long piece in the Boston Globe, Gentile, a long-time criminal in his 70s who recently got out of prison, revealed that FBI agents had raided his shed hoping to find the stolen paintings.
highlights_snippet: Half-a-billion heist remains unsolved, and FBI has never even come close .
  