Man Charged with Pretending to Be FBI Agent in Plot to Help Luigi Mangione Escape from Prison.
It is said that a man from Minnesota was trying to find a means to let Luigi Mangione free. According to CNBC, Mark Anderson was detained and accused of trying to rescue a prisoner from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, on January 28 by posing as an FBI agent.
Mangione, who was accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024 and entered a not guilty plea, was the target, according to law enforcement sources who spoke with the site.
A criminal petition obtained by news outlets on January 28 states that Anderson “approached the intake area inside the MDC and claimed to uniformed members of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (‘BOP’) that he was an FBI agent in possession of paperwork ‘signed by a Judge’ authorizing the release of a specific inmate who was in custody at the MDC.”
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When requested to present his federal credentials, Anderson, 36, showed his driver's identification from Minnesota and "claimed to be in possession of weapons." Anderson "displayed and threw" documents at the BOP officers, according to the lawsuit.
Officers subsequently took him into custody; according to the complaint, when he was in federal custody, they discovered a huge barbecue-style fork and a round steel blade that looked like a pizza cutter in his backpack.
According to a law enforcement source who spoke to CNBC, Anderson was employed at a pizzeria after traveling to New York City for an unsuccessful job opportunity.
As reported by ABC News, Mangione, 27, is presently awaiting the start of his trial. Jury selection is scheduled to commence on September 8.
In regard to a June court document that media outlets were able to get, Mangione used a red notebook to plan Thompson's murder months before it actually happened in December 2024.
"So, say you want to rebel against the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel,” based on the state filing, he allegedly wrote in August 2024. “Do you bomb the HQ? No. Bombs=terrorism.”
"Such actions appear the unjustified anger of someone who simply got sick/had bad luck and took their frustration out on the insurance industry,” Mangione added, “while recklessly endangering countless employees."
In a further note, which the prosecution claims he authored in October 2024, Mangione proposed that Thompson be killed by “wack [sic] the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention.”
"It's targeted, precise, and doesn't risk innocents,” he clarified. “Most importantly, the point is self-evident. The point is made in the news headline, 'Insurance CEO killed at annual investors conference.'"
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