Man arrested in cyberstalking tied to UnitedHealthcare CEO's family

A New York man has been arrested on federal cyberstalking charges for allegedly leaving threatening and harassing voicemails for a member of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s family in the days after Thompson was fatally shot in midtown Manhattan last December. Shane Daley, 40, of Galway, was taken into custody and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison if convicted. He was scheduled to appear in Albany for arraignment, as authorities indicated the case remains under active investigation. The investigation into the killing of Thompson, along with related charges against a suspected gunman, Luigi Mangione, continues on multiple fronts.

Prosecutors say Daley used a work telephone line belonging to a member of Thompson’s family to place several voicemails between December 4 and December 7, 2024, beginning just hours after the murder. In the messages, the defendant allegedly expressed satisfaction with Thompson’s death, mocked the circumstances of the killing, and stated that Thompson’s family and his children “deserved to meet the same violent end.” The criminal complaint specifies threatening and harassing language designed to intimidate a grieving family.