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Bizarre reason why McDonald's worker might not receive $60,000 reward for identifying Luigi Mangione (www.unilad.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (18 children)

The tip-off from the employee is apparently crucial in the case, but the question remains if the worker will be able to cash in on the $60k reward at all. The rules are complicated, as they stipulate tipsters in with a chance of the FBI portion of the reward cannot nominate themselves.

This means the McDonald's worker will have to be put forward by an investigating agency, such as the Department of Defense or the FBI, which is then reviewed by an interagency committee. If approved, the suggestion is passed on to the Secretary of State, who signs off on the final decision.

If that's not tough enough, the full reward amount could also be in dispute as payment amounts are based on factors from the value of the information provided, the level of threat, the severity of danger or injury to people or property, and the degree of the source's cooperation. As for the NYPD's $10k, the rewards program is granted through Crime Stoppers, where tipsters receive a unique reference number.

This number is crucial as the tipster has to use it call back or check the status of the investigation online before lodging a claim with the NYC Police Foundation and the Crime Stoppers Board of Directors, who ultimately decide whether to approve the tip and instruct the caller how to receive it. So, if the informant called 911 instead of Crime Stoppers, they might be unable to make the claim.

In both cases, the rewards will only be paid out if the arrest leads to indictment or conviction from the court - so the McDonald's employee could be waiting a while and even at the end of it all, might not even get a dime.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I remember when I found a bunch of stolen goods and handed it in to the cops after I'd find out as much as possible about the goods (it was jewellry thrown in a lake, my family thinks somebody hit it there after doing a break-in and would wait for the heat to die off). We'd cleaned up the silverware, found names, dates, all sorts of stuff that could help the cops find the owners. Lots of family heirlooms. I handed it in so my little sister could learn something about doing The Good Thing and Helping Others, plus we found some fun in talking about the finders' fee.
Three days later I come back and the cops say they didn't receive any goods that day, and I also spot two of them wearing watches that were among the goods handed in. one of them winked at me.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hope you were not much older than your sister.
Getting cops envolved is never a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago

I was still a teen, but it's not like we got cops involved really. We went to the local station and delivered a bunch of stolen goods we'd found in a lake. If anything the cops stayed out of it, considering the fact that they didn't do anything

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