Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old former Ivy Leaguer who allegedly gave up his computer science career to assassinate UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is facing new evidence as state and federal prosecutors strengthen charges against him. As the company continues to reveal its findings, it faces increasing legal troubles.
In a new federal criminal complaint alleging stalking, firearms homicide and federal firearms offenses, Mr. Mangione outlines a deadly plot, ponders his choice of victims and reveals his research background. He is accused of keeping a diary in which he was raped. target.
The new federal lawsuit again raises the possibility of the death penalty if Mangione is convicted.
“This investor meeting was a real windfall,” one of the entries said, according to the affidavit. “And most importantly, the message becomes self-evident.”
United Healthcare CEO Luigi Mangione accused of murder faces new charges in New York
Luigi Mangioni is escorted from an NYPD helicopter on Thursday, December 19, 2024 in New York City, New York. (Rashid Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
Mangione allegedly wrote that he wanted to “con” the insurance CEO and that he was “in a way happy that I was procrastinating.” [because] This allowed me to learn more about UHC. ”
He reportedly wrote that he targeted the insurance industry because it “ticked all the boxes.”
He then allegedly shot Mr. Thompson in the back outside the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan. United Healthcare was scheduled to hold its annual shareholder meeting late on the morning of Dec. 4 at the same hotel.
“We cannot ignore the radicalization that is happening across our country,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday after Mangione flew into Manhattan from Pennsylvania. “When we witness incidents on our streets, when we witness shootings on our school campuses, young girls who are the heirs of our youth are crying out for help right now. We have a duty to do more to prevent it after an incident of this magnitude.”
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Assassination: Timeline of Events
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare's parent company mourned the death of Brian Thompson and asked the public to understand that industry executives were doing the best they could with a flawed system. (AP Photo/United Health Group)
The documents include surveillance images that allegedly show the suspect approaching the scene and fleeing the scene, the moment of the killing, and a 3D-printed suppressor believed to be the murder weapon.
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United Healthcare CEO Luigi Mangione charged with murder in New York
The affidavit also alleges that Mangione wrote a letter “addressed to federal authorities.”
“I was not cooperating with anyone,” he wrote in his diary. “It was fairly easy. It required some rudimentary social engineering, basic CAD, and a lot of patience.”
CAD is an abbreviation for computer-aided design. Social engineering is a technique used by hackers to trick people into divulging information to someone who is not authorized to receive it.
Mr. Mangione earned simultaneous bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science at the University of Pennsylvania and went on to work as a computer programmer, but sources say he lost contact with his parents over the summer and resurfaced in New York City. That's what it means. earlier this month in connection with Thompson's murder.
Luigi Mangione is led into an NYPD vehicle after an extradition hearing at the Blair County Courthouse on Thursday, December 19, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (David Dee Delgado, Fox News Digital)
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“P.S. Please check the serial number to ensure this is fully self-funded,” the Fed's letter continued. “My own ATM withdrawal.”
Investigators allegedly recovered about $10,000 in cash from Mangione when he was arrested by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He denied in court that it was his.
The federal complaint reiterates details provided by Manhattan prosecutors and the NYPD and provides a clear timeline.
Mangione allegedly came to New York from Atlanta, Georgia, and arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan around 10 p.m. on Nov. 24. From there, Mangione's first stop was the Midtown Hilton Hotel, where the murder would take place. authorities. He then took a taxi to a hostel on the Upper West Side.
He checked in under the false name “Mark Rosario,” provided false identification and paid cash, according to court documents. But when the hostel clerk asked him to remove his mask so they could see his face, he did so in front of a surveillance camera. After the New York City Police Department asked for the public's help in identifying the suspect, the images were widely distributed and ultimately led to Mangione's arrest.
Luigi Mangione, the suspected gunman in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was seen on surveillance footage flirting with a hostel employee before the Dec. 4 shooting. . (New York City Police Department)
Throughout the remainder of his time in New York, the suspect “consistently wore a mask, including while inside the hostel.”
On December 4, the day of the murder, Mangione allegedly left the hostel around 5:35 a.m. wearing a gray backpack and riding an electric bicycle. Police used multiple surveillance cameras to track Mangione's route from the Upper West Side to the Midtown Hilton.
Around 5:41 a.m., Mangione was allegedly seen walking near the crime scene and shopping at a nearby coffee shop.
“The shooter was depicted using a cell phone on at least one occasion prior to the killing,” according to the affidavit.
At about 6:45 a.m., Thompson arrived outside the hotel. Mangione reportedly waited for nearly an hour. The man shot and killed the victim, then fled on foot to West 55th Street, then got on an electric bike and sped north, police said. He disappeared into Central Park for an unspecified period of time and reappeared near West 77th Street and Central Park West on a bicycle, but without a gray backpack on his back.
Just before 7 a.m., he abandoned his bike and within minutes hailed a cab to take him to the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal in Upper Manhattan. The taxi's surveillance camera showed his face wearing a mask.
The suspect in the United Healthcare CEO assassination, later identified as Luigi Mangione, was captured on a security camera looking forward from the back passenger seat of a taxi. (FBI)
Surveillance video shows a gunman emerge from between two parked cars, walk up behind Thompson and shoot him in the back, hitting him in the back and legs. It was publicly announced that Mr. Thompson was expected to attend an investor meeting scheduled for 8 a.m. that morning.
Police recovered a spent shell casing and at least one live round with the words “reject,” “delay” and “discard” written on it, a possible reference to a book criticizing the insurance industry. .
The handgun and 3D-printed suppressor were recovered during Luigi Mangione's arrest by Altoona, Pennsylvania, police, the FBI said. (FBI)
“I respectfully confirm that Mangione was the shooter who shot and killed the victim on December 4, 2024,” FBI agents said in an affidavit. “Additionally, the notebook entries, federal letters, the gunman’s apparent surveillance of a Midtown hotel on November 24, 2024, and December 4, 2024, and the gunman’s use of countersurveillance techniques and New York City “Their escape suggests that the shooter committed a large-scale criminal act.'' Identify the victim, keep him under surveillance, and track his whereabouts in the period leading up to the incident.'' Efforts to track. murder. ”
Luigi Mangione screams while being restrained by police as he arrives for his extradition hearing at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (David Dee Delgado, Fox News Digital)
The federal charges include two counts of stalking, interstate commerce travel and use of interstate facilities, use of a firearm to commit murder, and a federal firearms offense. They were indicted shortly after Mr. Mangione was indicted in New York on first- and second-degree murder and domestic terrorism charges.
“Manhattan Attorney Alvin Bragg, who was in charge of three of the country's biggest trials, the Trump hush money case, the Daniel Penny case, and the Mangione case, will soon be swooped in by Trump's newly appointed attorney general and Manhattan federal prosecutor. '' said Neema Rahmani. A former federal prosecutor who now runs a private practice, he is often at odds with insurance companies like United Healthcare in court.
“Federal charges change the game. New York doesn't have the death penalty, but the federal government does. The federal government may be trying to send a message to Mr. Mangione to accept his petition to abolish the death penalty.”
Paul Mauro, a former New York City police inspector who has been closely monitoring the case, said he expected the Justice Department to take over the case after learning that President-elect Donald Trump and new leadership at the Justice Department take office next month. He said there is a possibility that early measures are being taken.
Surveillance images released by the NYPD show the suspect in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (NYPD Crime Stoppers)
“I don't see how Alvin Bragg's case is going to survive,” he told Fox News Digital. “They can talk all they want about 'parallel cases,' but as a practical matter, it's not going to work. And if they think Donald Trump's Justice Department is going to put Alvin Bragg's office on the back burner, If there are people who are, I'd like to suggest they weren't.'' I've been reading the news lately. ”
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State charges remain an option, but Manhattan prosecutors may ultimately decide to let federal authorities maintain control.
“Mr. Bragg's lawsuit may be filed at some point in the future, but we need to decide whether it's worth it by then,” Mauro said.
Authorities in New York and Pennsylvania have both denounced widespread online support for Mr. Mangione. Mangione is accused of sneaking up on the father of two and shooting him in the back with a handgun and a homemade silencer.
“Mr. Luigi Mangione has now been formally charged and charged with murder. To be clear, in the nearly two weeks since Mr. Thompson's murder, we have witnessed a shocking and horrifying celebration of cold-blooded murder. '' said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. reporters on Wednesday. “Social media has been filled with praise for this despicable attack.”
