Man posing as FBI agent tries to free Luigi Mangione, alleged healthcare CEO killer

A man falsely claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said.Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minnesota, was arrested and charged with impersonating a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent in a foiled bid to free Mangione from the Metropolitan Detention Centre, the notorious Brooklyn lock-up where he is held while awaiting state and federal murder trials in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.A criminal complaint filed against Anderson did not identify the person he attempted to free. A law enforcement official familiar with the matter confirmed it was Mangione. The official was not authorised to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.Anderson is expected to make an initial appearance on Thursday in Brooklyn federal court. Online court records did not contain information on a lawyer who could speak on his behalf. A message seeking comment was left with a spokesman for Mangione’s legal team.Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court in December. Photo: ReutersAccording to the criminal complaint, Anderson approached the jail intake area around 6.50pm on Wednesday and told uniformed jail officers that he was an FBI agent in possession of paperwork “signed by a judge” authorising the release of a specific person in custody at the jail.