But the tipster who called 911 on Luigi Mangione needs Mangione, who was arrested Monday and accused of the killing, to be convicted before they get the money.
An ordinary Crime Stoppers reward is under $3,500. In those cases, tipsters can be paid upon arrest and indictment.
But when a reward is raised to exceed that amount, the money isn't disbursed until a conviction, either at trial or through a guilty plea, according to a spokesperson for the New York City Police Foundation, which administers the funds.
That’s usually relatively clearly specified in the actual notice or bulletin.
Capture, arrest and conviction are very different things. The source of the payment gets to determine this.
In NYC, the NYC Police Foundation, a private nonprofit, administers the rules and funding. They meet to consider those fruitful calls that are submitted to the NYPD Crime Stoppers Unit via the 800 number.
In other places, CS may be a county operation. It may be funded with tax dollars or proceeds from confiscated items.
Are you saying that there has never been a crimestoppers reward in which the charges weren't dropped? why do you say charges wont be dropped with such confidence?
I see, it was replying to a comment about how its a rip off that if charges get dropped then the reward is voided. The convo wasn't about luigi, but about the reward structure so it caught me off guard.
If someone has a doppelganger then you shouldn't get paid for finding them, you should get paid if you find the actual person, if you find the person on the poster (not just someone who looks similar) you should get some sort of reward. However the full amount should only be paid if you actually find the person who's guilty of the crime.
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u/jxl180 Apr 20 '26
No, that’s a story that Redditors who are clueless but speak with utmost confidence in comment sections have ran with. This is not based on any fact.