Luigi Mangione, the Maryland Ivy Leaguer accused of assassinating the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, kept the same New York prison counselor as a disgraced movie producer. Harvey Weinstein.
Craig Rothfield, a former financial professional who became a consultant to white-collar defendants after serving time in prison for investment and tax fraud, “has extensive first-hand knowledge of the New York City Department of Corrections and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision,” according to his biography on His website.
In December 2015, he and two business partners were convicted of defrauding $11 million from 15 investors, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Rothfeld was also accused of falsifying business records. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a period ranging from one and a half to four and a half years.
Luigi Mangione leaves the courtroom after being arraigned in New York City Criminal Court on Monday, December 23, 2024. Maggioni has pleaded not guilty to state charges related to the alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Rashid Omar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Rothfeld's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment, but his company Inside Outside Ltd posted a link to the website New York Post article About his appointment on his website.
In addition to consulting defendants from arraignment to sentencing, Inside Outside also works with defense attorneys on some court filings and with letters of support.
The death penalty is on the table for suspect Luigi Mangione
Prison counselor Craig Rothfeld, left, speaks alongside Harvey Weinstein's attorney, Diana Fabi-Sampson, outside Queens Criminal Court, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nickinson)
Mangione is accused of planning a cross-country trip that included Dec. 4 Assassination style shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the hotel where his company was supposed to hold an investor conference later that morning.
Thompson, from Minnesota, had traveled to New York City to attend the event.
Mangione then allegedly fled the city and led police on a five-day interstate manhunt, which ended with his arrest at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after workers and customers recognized him from a wanted poster.
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court on July 19, 2024 in New York City. Prosecutors are preparing to retry the former movie mogul after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. (Kina Bettencourt-Paul/Getty Images)
Police found him in possession of the alleged murder weapon, which included a 3D-printed receiver and silencer, as well as a fake ID they say he used to check into a Manhattan motel before the shooting.
Mangione faces A slew of charges, including first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism at the state level and stalking for murder in federal court. He faces lesser charges of carrying a false ID and criminal possession of a firearm in both New York and Pennsylvania.
He is being held without bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
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Weinstein is a former Hollywood movie mogul who was convicted of sex crimes in 2020. His conviction was later overturned by a court, and he remains behind bars waiting. New trial While he also faces an additional indictment.
He was also convicted of sexual assault in Los Angeles in 2021 and faces similar charges in London.
Fox News' Lauren Overholtz contributed to this report.
