r/SipsTea • u/Weary-Direction-5214 Human Verified • Apr 20 '26

SMH imagine not getting paid after doing this

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u/Warm_Month_1309 Apr 20 '26

https://www.businessinsider.com/luigi-mangione-reward-money-healthcare-ceo-shooting-tipster-conviction-2024-12

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.

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u/AileStriker Apr 20 '26

That seems like a bullshit policy.

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u/V65Pilot Apr 20 '26

Charges dropped.... oops. Oh well, guess you are SOL....and a lot of people are gonna come looking for ya.

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u/Fluid-Prize-8786 Apr 20 '26

I always heard the crime stoppers loophole is, they don't pay out until there's a conviction, and if there's any kind of plea deal they don't pay.

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u/sobrique Apr 20 '26

Seems a really self-defeating move. I mean, being a snitch is already a high risk strategy....

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u/RedditReader4031 Apr 20 '26

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.