A Florida woman was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 10, for using CEO killer Luigi Mangione’s words during a phone call with an insurance company.
Police say Briana Boston ended a phone call with her insurance company by saying: “Delay, deny, depose. You people are next.”
Mangione, 26, wrote “delay, deny, depose” on bullets left at the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan on Dec. 4.
The words are similar to a 2010 book: “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.”
Authorities are on high alert for copycats targeting insurance companies after Thompson’s murder.
Boston, 42, was speaking with a representative from Blue Cross Blue Shield after she had been told that her medical claim was denied. At the end of the call, she used Mangione’s words, which sounded like a threat.
When Lakeland Police arrived at Boston’s home, she apologized and said that she “used those words because it’s what is in the news right now,” according to the arrest affidavit.
Boston told authorities she does not own any guns and is not a threat. But she added that health care companies “deserve karma” and that they are “evil,” according to the arrest report.
The mother-of-three was arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail on $100,000 bail.
GoFundMe removed pages created for Boston’s defense. Several crowd funding organizations are raising funds for her.
NEW: Florida woman breaks down in tears after she became the first Luigi Mangione copycat to be arrested.
Briana Boston, a 42-year-old mother of three, was arrested for making threats to BlueCross BlueShield over a rejected medical claim.
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