A man from upstate New York has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking after leaving threatening voicemails for a family member of the late UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Shane Daley, 40, admitted in federal court on Thursday to making multiple calls to a relative of Thompson shortly after the executive was fatally shot in December 2024.
Prosecutors said Daley expressed glee over the killing and suggested that the family member and Thompson's children deserved a similar fate. The calls were made to a work line used by the relative, according to the U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of New York.
Thompson was shot outside a New York City hotel by a man allegedly angered by corporate greed. The suspect, Luigi Mangione, has pleaded not guilty and faces separate state and federal trials. Daley's actions were described as an attempt to maximise the family's suffering.
Daley, from Galway, about 40 miles north of Albany, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for July 17. The case has drawn attention amid public frustration with the U.S. healthcare system, with some viewing Mangione as a vigilante figure.
