Will Luigi Mangione's tipster get the $60K reward? It's complicated
NPRWill Luigi Mangione's tipster get the $60K reward? Sponsor Message "The individual in Pennsylvania, who called in a tip, is eligible to receive the reward," the NYC Police Foundation, which administers the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Program, confirmed to NPR on Friday. Sponsor Message How the NYPD tip line works The NYPD's Crime Stoppers Program encourages people to submit tips about violent crimes by calling a hotline or filling out an online form, a process it says is completely anonymous. Because of the program's emphasis on confidentiality, authorities don't publicly share specifics about rewards — they typically don't even publicize that a reward has been paid, with the exception of some high-profile cases. Sponsor Message RFJ paid $2 million for information that led to the 1995 capture of Pakistan's Ramzi Yousef, one of the people convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center truck bombing.