‘delay, Deny:’ Woman In Florida Charged With Threatening Bcbs After Claim Denial

A Lakeland, Florida, female was charged this week pinch threatening wide unit aft she reportedly told her wellness security company: “Delay, deny, depose. You group are next” – echoing words allegedly utilized by nan shooter of nan UnitedHealthcare CEO.

Briana Boston, 42, apologized aft she was arrested astatine her home, and said she does not ain immoderate guns, according to aggregate news reports. She was charged pinch making threats of wide shooting aliases acts of coercion and was booked into jailhouse successful Polk County, nan Miami Herald and others reported.

Lakeland Police and nan FBI were alerted aft Boston’s caller aesculapian claims were denied by BlueCross BlueShield and she said connected nan telephone to a bearer representative, news sites noted. Similar “delay, deny” words were reportedly written connected slug casings recovered astatine nan segment wherever UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was changeable to decease successful New York connected Dec. 4.

The fishy successful that shooting, Luigi Mangione, is successful constabulary custody successful Pennsylvania.

Boston told Lakeland Police that she didn’t mean to frighten BCBS leaders, but utilized nan “delay, deny” words because of nan news stories that person gripped nan world for nan past 2 weeks, news sites reported. The infamous words besides were portion of nan title of a 2010 book: “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.” The book was written by Jay Feinman, a professor emeritus astatine Rutgers Law School successful New Jersey.

BCBS apparently recorded nan telephone speech Boston had pinch a institution typical connected Dec. 10, and a transcript was provided to nan FBI. The FBI gave nan transcript to Lakeland Police, who came to Boston’s location nan adjacent day, nan Herald and others noted.

Insurance institution leaders and constabulary agencies person warned that nan UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting could animate copycat violence, arsenic immoderate group astir nan state person expressed sympathy for nan alleged shooter and person complained astir claims denials.

Photo: This operation of images provided by nan New York City Police Department shows nan fishy sought successful nan the sidesplitting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson extracurricular a Manhattan edifice wherever nan wellness insurer was holding an investor conference, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (New York City Police Department via AP)

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