Luigi Mangione was accused Thursday from murder to the federal level, following the murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of Unitedhealthcare. A necessary step so that prosecutors can require the death penalty.
The indictment made by a large jury of the Manhattan Federal Court also accuses Mangione of two harassment chiefs and a charging chief of firearms.
Mangione’s date of appearance, 26, was not yet known. A request for a comment was made to a spokesperson for his lawyers, but did not find an answer.
Mangione, a graduate of an Ivy League University and from an important real estate family in Maryland, also faces separate accusations of murder at the level of the state. He is accused of having shot the back of Brian Thompson, 50, in front of a Manhattan hotel on December 4, when the latter arrived at the annual conference of investors in Unitedhealthcare.
The United States general Prosecutor, Pam Bondi, announced this month that she had asked Federal Prosecutors of Manhattan to request the death penalty, thus realizing the president’s campaign promise to encourage the use of capital punishment. This is the first death penalty request made by the Ministry of Justice since the return to power of President Donald Trump in January. He had undertaken to resume the federal executions, interrupted under the previous administration.
The five -day murder and man hunting that led to the arrest of Mangione shaken the business world.
Some health insurance groups have rushed to telework or have held general meetings online.
Magione also galvanized criticisms of health insurance. Several have rallied to the killer to express their frustration in the face of refusal of care and heavy medical invoices.
A surveillance video showed an armed and masked man pulling Mr. Thompson by Drive. Police affirms that the words “delay”, “refuse” and “deposit” were scribbled on ammunition, imitating an expression commonly used to describe how insurers avoid paying the allowances.
