‘ASSASSIN’ INSPIRED
First Luigi Mangione ‘copycat’ arrested after threat to insurer with ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’ message & ‘you are next’ vow
Police claim the mother admitted to using these words in a phone call
THE first CEO assassin "copycat" has been arrested after she allegedly threatened a health insurance provider with the same words engraved on the bullets that killed UnitedHealthcare’s boss.
Briana Boston, a Florida mom, wept in court after she was charged for referencing three words allegedly used by Luigi Mangione in the shooting of Brian Thompson.
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Boston, 42, was arrested for saying the phrase “Delay, Deny, Depose” to her health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, over the recent denial of a medical claim.
These were similar to the "Deny, Defend, Depose" words discovered engraved on the bullet casings found at the scene of UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson's murder.
Toward the end of her recorded phone call with the insurance company, she was heard saying, “Delay, Deny, Depose. You people are next,” Lakeland Police said.
Her alleged words were similar to the phrase "Delay, Deny, Defend," known as the “three Ds of insurance,” which is a reference to an alleged practice by insurance firms to reject patients’ claims.
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The mother was arrested at her home after the local Lakeland Police Department was contacted by the FBI on December 10, according to NBC affiliate .
In a visit by three cops, Boston told detectives, “Healthcare companies played games and deserved karma from the world because they are evil.”
She reportedly admitted using the phrase and said she recited those words “because it’s what is in the news right now.”
Detectives added that the mom-of-three said despite her language, she “was not a danger to anyone” as she didn’t own any firearms.
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Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor revealed that he was taken aback by the Florida woman’s comment.
“She readily admitted that, ‘Yeah that’s exactly what I said but I didn’t mean anything by it,’" Taylor said.
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“Well, you don’t get to pull that back after you say it.”
Taylor also stressed the weight of this issue throughout the country, as her bond was set at $100,000.
He added: "She's been in this world long enough that she certainly should know better that you can't make threats like this in the current environment that we live in and think that we're not going to follow up and put you in jail."
Boston cried into her hands during her first court appearance over the shocking phone call.
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The Mangione “copycat” could face up to for the alleged threat.
The Sun has reached out to Boston's attorney for comment.
SHOCK ATTACK
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a mass manhunt was sparked for Brian Thompson's murderer.
The former Ivy League student from a wealthy Baltimore family was charged with murder, which his lawyer has refuted.
Police state they found Mangione with a 3D-printed gun and a handwritten note that said, "These parasites had it coming."
Cops also added that they found a positive match between Mangione's fingerprints and those on a water bottle left close to the scene of the crime, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Wednesday.
Mangione is currently being held at the State Correctional Institution in Huntington, Pennsylvania, after he was denied bail.
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His lawyer, Tom Dickey, said he plans to plead not guilty to all charges.
Dickey also slammed New York officials, claiming he has seen "zero evidence" that the wealthy college grad is the shooter.
Who is Luigi Mangione?
MANGIONE, 26, was regarded as a beloved, clever and wealthy man by his family, friends and all who knew him.
He was born and raised in Maryland and graduated as the valedictorian from the private all-boys Gilman School in Baltimore.
He had no prior criminal history and was said to have been a model student, soccer player, and all-around athlete at high school.
One former student from the Gilman School told The U.S. Sun that Mangione was "popular" and had a "big circle of friends."
"We went to the same school but didn't really have the same friends. I'm really shocked by this whole thing," the former student, who asked not to be identified, said.
"I think he played soccer, it was an all-boys school, so being a good athlete got you social currency for sure."
Mangione graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied computer and information science, according to his LinkedIn profile.
He also got his masters from the Ivy League school.
Mangione was reportedly a data engineer at a car company in California before moving to Hawaii.
His cousin is also Republican Maryland State Delegate Nino Mangione.
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