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Luigi Mangione defense fund raises more than $55,000 in donations(www.yahoo.com)

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There is no evidence this is an official donation fund

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Optional@lemmy.world
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As per this reddit post, just FYI:

His full name is registered with the state of PA as: LUIGI MANGIONE.

Inmate Number QQ7787.

Currently at SCI Huntingdon (yes HUNTINGDON)

Address for mail: LUIGI MANGIONE, QQ7787, SCI Huntingdon, PO Box 33028, St Petersburg, FL, 33733

All mail is scanned by a third-party and then a copy is provided to them, so don’t even think about sending something “extra”.

To send money (everyone needs money in jail, even $10 goes a long way) you have to go through JPay. And again, need to use his name, LUIGI MANGIONE, and inmate number QQ7787

DOB is 05/06/1998

If anyone that’s done time recently in PA sees something is missing in this info, please leave a comment.

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Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldOP
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It is really weird that it’s a florida address for a PA prison.

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jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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Florida doesn’t have income tax, which is why a lot of companies (including for profit prisons) register in Florida

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Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldOP
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That would make sense

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grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
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That’s the address on the PA DOC website. https://www.pa.gov/agencies/cor/state-prisons/sci-huntingdon.html . Makes sense, since all the mail is scanned and probably printed out for him. It’s much harder to smuggle anything in that way.

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Optional@lemmy.world
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It is weird, but that’s the “third party company” that scans the mail and sends a copy.

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grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
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I’m not certain his PA jail funds will transfer to NY if/when he gets extradited. I know there was an issue with transferring my brother’s commissary funds when he moved jails, and that was within the same state.

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JackbyDev@programming.dev
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May sixth or June fifth?

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Optional@lemmy.world
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This is presumably in 'Murican units, so May sixth.

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Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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The thing holding back these donation funds is verification that they’re actually for Mangione’s defense. “The December 4th Legal Committee” could just be a scam.

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Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldOP
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Yeah, I’m holding off on donations until his public defender gives an official place to donate.

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sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
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He is a hired attorney.

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I’ve never heard of “GiveSendGo”, and who is d4legalcomm@gmail.com (the email address listed on the GiveSendGo page)? The fact that it’s some random Gmail is kinda sketchy. Are we sure this is legit?

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WeUnite@lemm.ee
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Wikipedia explains who they are very well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveSendGo

GiveSendGo is a Christian crowdfunding website.[5] GiveSendGo has attracted controversy for allowing far-right extremists to fundraise, including neo-Nazis, white supremacists and hate groups.[15]

They have also had multiple security breaches.

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dan@upvote.au
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PayPal suspended payments to GiveSendGo because it was raising funds for people who had participated in the 2021 United States Capitol attack

oh… oh no.

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bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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Unfortunately probably the only such site that might host such a fundraiser

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WeUnite@lemm.ee
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I get what you mean there. I hope they have improved their security since then.

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Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldOP
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Yikes

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Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldOP
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It’s probably not legit, which is why I’m holding off until his public defender gives official information about any potential donations.

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catloaf@lemm.ee
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If it’s probably not legit, why did you post it?

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Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldOP
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Because the fact that this knock off gofundme exploded so quick is itself news.

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JackbyDev@programming.dev
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No. In an interview the attorney seemed to not be interested in accepting donations.

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vortic@lemmy.world
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So, $130M donated to Trump’s legal defense fund. $55K to Luigi’s.

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It’s sitting just under $90k last I checked.

Still horseshit as you’re pointing out though.

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JackbyDev@programming.dev
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I’m pretty sure the lawyer said he wasn’t interested in accepting donations. I’d be wary of scams. Just be careful.

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