News update : McDonald’s worker might not get the $70,000 reward for identifying Luigi Mangione because the person called 911 & not the TIP number…

A McDonald’s employee who led police to the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO may not receive a $60,000 reward that was offered by authorities.

Brian Thompson, 50, was shot dead by a masked gunman as he walked alone to his company’s annual investor conference at the New York Hilton Midtown at around 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4.

The killing sparked a huge manhunt, with the New York Police Department publicizing surveillance images of the suspect and a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. On Friday, the FBI offered an additional $50,000 reward.

Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a McDonald’s customer reportedly alerted an employee after recognizing him from surveillance camera images that the NYPD had publicized. That employee then called 911, authorities said.

Manhattan prosecutors filed murder and other charges against Mangione on Monday. He remains jailed in Pennsylvania where he was charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police, and is contesting extradition to New York.

But despite the tip from a McDonald’s employee leading authorities to Mangione, it’s not clear if the employee in question will ultimately receive any reward money as the FBI and NYPD have stringent guidelines around the awarding such payments.

The rewards offered are for information that not only leads to an arrest but also a conviction. In this case, Mangione would need to be extradited to New York, face trial and be convicted before any reward is paid out.

Newsweek has contacted NYPD Crime Stoppers for comment via email.

A U.S. investigating agency—such as the FBI or Department of Defense—must nominate a person for a reward offered by the FBI, according to the bureau’s Rewards for Justice website. Individuals claiming to have provided information cannot self-nominate for a reward payment.

Then, an interagency committee “carefully evaluates” the information provided by the nominating agency and if it determines that the information that was provided merits a reward, it makes a recommendation to the Secretary of State.