UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Courtesy photo
Eight months after Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed on a Manhattan street by Luigi Mangione, who is now in jail for his murder and awaiting trial, another man was charged on Wednesday with cyberstalking and has been arrested for sending harassing and threatening voicemail messages to a family member of Thompson.
Between December 4 and 7, 2024, beginning just hours after Thompson’s murder in midtown Manhattan, a New York man, Shane Daley, placed multiple calls to a work phone line used by a member of Thompson’s family, according to a criminal complaint.
In a series of voicemail messages, Daley used threatening and harassing language that focused on, among other things, Thompson’s killing, expressed satisfaction over the fact and manner of his death, and stated that the victim and Thompson’s children deserved to “meet the same violent end,” according to the New York District Attorney’s Office.
“Brian Thompson was gunned down in midtown Manhattan,” said Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III. “Daley, as alleged, gleefully welcomed this tragedy and did all that he could to increase the Thompson family’s pain and suffering. My office and its partners will now do all that we can to hold him accountable for this vicious and outrageous conduct.”
“Shane Daley allegedly repeatedly harassed the grieving family of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare gunned down in New York City,” said Christopher G. Raia, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “The recurrent calls and messages in the days following Brian Thompson’s murder were more than callous and cold-hearted harassment – they were threatening and terrified a family already suffering following the violent death of their loved one. The FBI will continue to bring to justice any individual attempting to stalk and harass innocent Americans.”
The charge filed against Daley carries a maximum term of 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of up to 3 years.
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Thompson, 50, was walking toward the New York Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan when he was fatally shot in the leg and chest, in what police said was a targeted attack. Thompson was at the hotel to attend a UnitedHealthcare conference, when a masked man fired at the CEO and fled. Five days later, police arrested Luigi Mangione, 26, who was found with a “manifesto,” which was critical of health-care companies’ profit motives. He now faces state and federal charges of first-degree murder. His trial is set to begin on Sept. 16.
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