FBI offers $50,000 reward for information about gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
FBI offers $50,000 reward for information about gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
Nearly four days after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, police still do not know the gunman’s name or whereabouts or have a motive for the killing.
Summary
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The gunman, who arrived in New York City on November 24th, shot Thompson on December 4th outside a hotel hosting an investor conference.
Investigators believe the gunman, who concealed his identity with a mask, fled the city on a bus, leaving behind a backpack in Central Park.
If I had information about the gunman, which I don't, I'd be genuinely nervous about calling it in because then I'd become enemy #1 in America.
$50k isn't going to keep me safe from the mob that wants to turn on whoever rats this guy out.
Also, I have a suspicion that a jury will be more sympathetic to the gunman than the CEO, so why risk my safety?
So still less than a year's salary for COL in most states that is barely enough for a down payment on most houses.
Nope. No one should grovel and sell each other out for pennies even if I know people will do it for less if desperate.
I'm a broke bitch. And I had uhc insurance for around a year. They would deny almost any new prescription I would get for severe insomnia. They wanted to to pay like 400 bucks/month for belsomra. Even though i paid like 450/ month for said uhc coverage. I've had bcbs, bcbs of Oklahoma, kaiser and united and united was the worst by far. Bcbs is somewhat ok
If i saw or had info about the shooter, then no I didn't. What guy? What gun? Nah fam my man's tripped and fell on those bullets
So they went from .02% to .14% of his yearly take 🤣. They must not care very much about finding this guy
Another way to look at it is them trying to pit everyone against each other. "How much money will it take to get the 99% to turn on one of their own?"
lol my first instinct with police is that even IF you snitched and they caught the guy, they probably wouldn't pay you and weasel out with some fine print.
Or worse yet, it'll be some shit like "Hm, how did you know it was him? What are you hiding citizen? Bend over for the cavity search!"
Not much
you could use that $50k to pay for one night at the hospital that your insurance won't cover!
Or a few months of the medication that works for you but insurance will only cover the shittier alternatives.
Some things money cant buy.
The McDonald's employee who reported him says otherwise.
Ong!
a $50,000 reward
So the cost of an asprin, a bandaid, and 3 jellybeans in a US hospital?
Doesn’t even include ambulance ride. City EMS is out of network for UHC
We had to pay a $2500 fee for the ambulance because my spouse got hit-and-run by a car outside of the county that we live in.
Only if your not denied (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
They're gonna frog boil it and end up fucking it up.
100k from the start might have gotten someone to say something that would pay off.
But they're being cheap and are going to slowly walk it up as I go gets less and less useful and a movement if not giving a fuck grows.
Hey, nobody ever claimed the FBI was good at doing its job.
Woah, the FBI is amazing at causing controversies, such as violating civil rights, unnecessary shoot outs, politicized investigations, and more!
Can someone give context, is this the same reward that's given for the other about 800 murders that happen each year in New York or is that guy getting special rich guy privileges beyond his death?
I just checked the NYPD's most wanted list:
- Of the 33 posted photos, 31 of them are black men, 1 is a white man, 1 is a car.
- The maximum payout on all of them is $3,500
... Please feel free to draw your own conclusions about this CEO manhunt.
What do you think?
Very first thought I had.
I watched videos of the FBI and their technology, but apparently all it takes to avoid them is to leave your phone behind, cycle with monopoly money and wear common inconspicuous clothing that covers you up? The fuck happened
It turns out most if not all of the advanced policing technology that gets touted is, you know, lies. They just want you to believe you can't get away with it. Just look at how many godawful propaganda CSI shows there are - how often do they rely on magic databases containing the location of every flower shop cross referenced by geolocation and joined to the magic database of endangered beetle habitat? That's a real example btw, bones is a terrible show.
Having worked with the police, the #1 way to get away with a crime is to just not tell anyone you did it. That's it, that's the whole secret.
CSI:
“Enhance image! Enhance image! Enhance image! Enhance image! Enhance image! There! Whaddya know? That image looks just like that guy we already have in holding for being homeless”.And what people don't understand is that if police choose NOT to use said technology because the case isn't "worth" the money or they just don't care.
Leaving your phone behind is a real killer for them
Would recommend not having a normal phone at all, graphene OS at minimum (sim or not is up to you)
Still leave it behind!
Duly noted, will not say anything incriminating here that the jandarma could catch but...
What’s this about monopoly money?
They supposedly found his backpack and it had a bunch of monopoly money in it lmao
Here's some info about the gunman: He's cute.
Now where's my $50000?Friendly reminder for the future that Trump's FBI won't pay you. Only promise to.
This wont even pay for most surgeries that UHC denies regularly.
Maybe someone will talk when they offer better insurance coverage.
Also, many times reward money isn't paid due to 'reasons', like "yeah you gave legid info which led to the arrest, but we got the same information through other channels too". You get your reward money rejected like it's your insurance claim.
Yeah people don't realize they reject paying out reward money the same way insurance rejects paying to keep people alive.
You only get it if you directly lead to the correct arrest and that they feel they absolutely couldn't have gotten the arrest any other way and they will always pretend they could have done it without you. It's liberals after all.
That doesn’t seem like it’s enough money to pay an enormous hospital bill.
So 0.5% of his reported $10+ million annually compensation package.
Interesting that neither his colleagues nor family are chipping in to make this larger.
Why would they? That just eats into their profits. It doesn't make them richer.
Yup. Dudes body was still warm on the pavement outside and they still had the conference like our was a normal Tuesday. The wealthy are disgusting people. Rotten all the way to the core. They actually think they are the reason society functions.
They are in for a rude awakening. Trump is going to destroy what ever remains of the middle and poor classes, and in response we are going to eat the rich.
50,000 dollars is how much the fbi thinks people to turn on each other for
They'd have better chances if they offered the former CEO's one month's pay.
I mean yeah. That’s the going rate to sell one’s soul.
If it was Elon Musk do you think they would still pretend he only made $1 as a salary?
I thought it was OK to Cross State Lines with Weapons? Or is it only OK if you Kill Poor Democrats?
They should offer free healthcare instead.
Through.....UHC 😨
The fbi is now on the case for a murder of a man on the street. They wouldn't pull these resources for any other murder.
This is a joke.
But he was white and rich. The people who pull the strings can't feel vulnerable.
Isn't it fucked that they're doing this for this guy just because he's rich?
We are all created equal. Some are created more equal than others.
+1 for the Orwell reference
They're doing it because the guy on the run crossed state lines. That makes it federal, so the FBI has jurisdiction and it's easier for them to work cross-border than the NYPD. It's getting more resources because it's a highly publicized case. I'm sure there's some pressure from some wealthy and/or powerful people as well to find whoever did it, but it's not surprising that the FBI is involved now.
Yes, but also completely fucking unsurprising.
omw to tell them I saw the dude on TV for my 50k
I found him! I found Jesus behind the couch. Oh you were looking for Pete? Don't know man. Try taco bell. He might be getting a chalupa right now as we speak.
Even low balling people on the fucking reward money. Cheap fucks.
Well the FBI is about to be shutdown in a month, so
5X upgrade in bounty from $10K offered by crime stoppers. Investigation must be drying up. Probably be up to 6 figures by end of month
But I thought the NY mayor said they “know his name” [yahoo]. 🤔
Hey NYPD, his last name is Ligma!
Right as the look a like contest was being held.
Even if the FBI does catch this guy, the Feds are still gonna have a helluva time trying to cobble together an impartial jury, not to mention alternatives. One question will eliminate a large portion of the jury pool...
"Do you currently, or previously had UHC as a health insurer?"
I could see this case having a hung jury or even seeing jury nullification occur - though it's highly unlikely for nullification to happen.
The Feds will put ungodly amounts of pressure to accept a plea deal.
Edit: added the missing 'y' to 'currently' and added a space between 'previously' and 'had
The longer it takes, the less likely they'll find him no matter how much money they put up.
Time to hodl the info.
Nope. Still not snitching. Fuck that ceo.
Still not snitching.
So you know something?
...No...
If I was rich I would counter offer 55k to not squeal.
I didn't squeal, and I can prove it. I haven't even been in contact with the FBI! Now pay up.
Besides the obvious issue above, I'm also pretty sure that it would be obstruction of justice.
ME: Obstruct Deez Nuts, your honor.
JUDGE: "Fuck this guys good, NOT GUILTY!"
I have information.
It's all untrue, I just want $50k.
It's still information, tho.
Call the tip line to waste resources and make them chance false leads
It's still information, tho.
Is it? According to the Oxford dictionary, information are “facts or details about somebody/something”. Wouldn’t that make false information technically not information?
I've seen that gunman --he has an absolutely dazzling smile. $50k pls 🫱💰
Just wait until the next presidential administration. Then you can call them “alternative facts”.
I saw him get on a jet ski at Rehoboth Beach, they should concentrate their searches in the Atlantic Ocean.
Request denied.
Society is offering $50,001 to shut the fuck up.
Ill not talk, wheres my $50,001?
You'll get it in healthcare reimbursements after the other CEOs drop.
People are gunned down every day in the streets, cops barely investigate it. What gives this guy priority?
$$$
Cops exist to protect capital, not people.
They suspect that the shooter might not have been a cop.
I saw him get on a submarine in the great lakes. They should concentrate their search in the waters.
This actually made me lol
The search is likely bad for the environment so I hope the police work from home to save on energy usage.
The amount of grief and strife this man caused to countless families through the actions of his corporation are beyond calculation.
50k won't even register.
They're desperate
Nothing to see here, officer, move along.
Please move along sir!!!
Stop resisting!!!
Offer some Universal Healthcare maybe.
With all claims pre-denied? Hardly worth it.
I thought NYPD already knew who he was.
I believe i heard his name is Sparticus...
Surprisingly common name, that.
How much for information related to literally any other unsolved murder in the US?
Can anyone give even a bad reason for a reward this high that doesn't involve the wealth of the target? Just for the sake of it, I'll take even the most tortured argument that doesn't relate to the fact that he was a CEO.
Easy. It makes other powerful people feel uncomfortable that this could happen to one of them.
They know they can get away without justifying this disproportional response.
Can anyone give even a bad reason for a reward this high that doesn't involve the wealth of the target?
The case is now extremely high-profile, so the longer it goes unsolved the more embarrassing it is for the agencies investigating. (Good.)
How much for information related to literally any other unsolved murder in the US?
Actual answer, that isn't a circle jerk? $5,000
But it can go up to 5 million for most wanted.
So what's the justification for the feds being involved? What other state is involved other than NY?
Don't they get involved in pretty much any high profile crime if the local police force asks for their help?
Maybe the idea is that he moved out of state?
If you are desperate for money, you could always shoplift at a corporate chain (make sure its not a mom&pop small bussiness) rather than turning on your fellow man.
(Edit: Not saying that you should shoplift, but its still better than turning in the perpetrator)
Preferably the one you hate the most. For example Tesco. In my country they as much as doubled the prices without their Clubcard, and they have these "discounts" on almost all products. I haven't been there as a customer for quite a while. Most likely over a year or two.
But it's also a bit personal.
They schedule inventories in the shop overlapping with the opening times. Now, this isn't just the mistake of Tesco (we are a different company), but they do decide on the times. What I mean by in-shop is not in the warehouse, but actually where the customers are.
We are required to be accurate, sort the products on the shelves if there was a mess and face it. This is then checked by someone else. Facing needs to be done well, but slight inaccuracies in counts are accepted (1 or 2 items). Your speed is also measured, by the way.This is all OK, except that now there's customers to fuck with it. They can take items, put them back, or just make a plain old mess. Plus you can't guard all the shelves. Because of that, I was shocked when I was in Tesco like this for the first time. "If the customer takes something, ask them for barcodes and count of each item they're taking, write those down on a piece of paper and report them to me."
So... you'll give me a piece of paper, right? RIGHT? (no.)Imagine that as a customer. Let's say you take a few pens and are about to put them into your shopping cart, suddenly someone very much not from Tesco runs up to you "WAIT!! Can I see the items first? I need to write down the barcodes. Is this all you took? Ok. Um... do you... do you have some paper? No? Shit, please wait here, I'll be right back! (One eternity passes) ..."
THANKFULLY, I avoided that. There were only 2 parents who talked about having to buy some of those plastic book covers ASAP as the school year was just starting, but my scared and startled look, probably/hopefully looking like "Please don't take those. Please...", made them change their minds. I've heard one of them say something like "It's busy here, let's not bother them. We'll try elsewhere."
I assume this discourages a lot of night-time customers. But I'll be fair, Billa also schedules such inventories.
Well at least it's more then my deductible now
Damn, $50,000 - Gov really don't like the idea of someone being able to kill a rich person and getting away with it
I met him in the woods and he said he wanted to dig the world's deepest dirt hole.
Where did the FBI get that money? Oh I see.
There was no "gunman", Thompson was killed by his own greed. You should arrest him, but you can't because he's dead.
Money please!
It'd be a little macabre, but I feel like it's pretty easy to handcuff a corpse...
They might want to add a few zeroes to that number of they expect to actually get anywhere.
Breaking: FBI now offering $00050,000. Any takers?
Being a psychopath is a preexisting condition to getting murdered so we are going to have to deny that
We are all Robert Paulson.
The FBI should save their money for the potential incoming asshole, Kash.
Maybe if they offered a course of chemo-therapy and cut it off after one round...
They'd probably get tips if the offer were for free lifetime healthcare at the quality he got.
they're desperately fishing for info from homeless people. because $50K is a king's ransom when you're sitting on $0
they would be inundated with bogus "tips" if the reward were $5.00
all of this just demonstrates that they don't have the first goddamn clue
So like, 1% of his annual salary?
So like, 1% of his annual salary?
Not even that. He earned $10.2m/year. So $50k would be .49%. Don't miss the decimal point there. $50k is slightly less than 1/2 of a percent of his annual salary.
If he never took PTO and worked 5 days a week and 8 hours a day for the entire year (admittedly, CEOs can frequently need to work more than than 40 hours a week) he would be earning $4903/hour. So this $50k bounty offer represents slightly more than 10 hours of what they pay the CEO in salary.
Not even close.
Seems like they don't want to find him. Good on them.
I have it on good opinion that he's a white guy.
And he may have both arms. For some reason i feel like thats important.
Excludes rejected insurance claims for lost limbs already.
Is this Xenogears?
The least I would do it for is 1 million, or a little over 1 single month of his outrageous salary. You would think 1 month of pay is easy to offer.
Is this a lot? Like what’s the average reward for someone who shoots someone dead in America?
Well, considering that Americans have to pay for health insurance in one way shape or form, and it likely comes out of their paycheck every month if they get benefits, no. It's not.
Because we all have to pay an ass load of what we worked for for something we don't necessarily need at the moment, but when we do, we'd really fucking like to.
In 2012 the total bill a relative got for their heart attack (or maybe stroke, I can't remember it was bad) was $2m. Had they not had insurance that covered it, that's how much debt they'd be in. In 2012. Fast forward to now. Yeah, a lot of insurance covers stuff like that. But a lot of people only have the insurance that covers absolutely the bare minimum.
Which is how you end up with people having poor health, subsequent heart attacks, or strokes, etc. Preventative medicine would keep those far rarer than they currently are.
So, no. $50k isn't a lot. Its an insult. It's an insult to the $20k/year people pay for something they can't use. Instead that $20k/year could go to a universal health system where you don't wait until you end up in the ER to get medical care. It's an insult to the people who are saddled in medical debt by denied claims. Its an insult to doctors who give the care a patient needs. It's an insult to the healthy people who understand they aren't invulnerable.
He is in Washington Square Park, dozens of them!
I just read that it was only half a dozen participants and a couple of dozen observers, but people didn't exactly have a lot of time to get their outfits ready.
I hope to see pictures of that event!
Dont know the guy.
I saw him at the Giant near me and we talked for a bit about best places to hide
He got out 🙌🏽