An AstraZeneca executive is accused of sending excruciatingly detailed threats to health fund bosses after they denied his claim.
Justin Dynlacht, 54, allegedly sent 15 emails, 12 letters and two faxes to his ex-bosses, Aetna, and its parent company CVS Health in a yearlong campaign of terror.
The letters detailed in a court affidavit threatened to kill, rape, torture, and mutilate three executives, their families and children, and various other staff in revenge.
Threats were often incredibly graphic, including cutting victims into pieces and putting them around Aetna offices as a warning to others.
CVS Health chief executive Karen Lynch (pictured) was one of numerous people Justin Dynlacht, 54, allegedly sent 15 emails, 12 letters and two faxes to, also including his ex-bosses, health provider Aetna, and its parent company CVS Health in a yearlong campaign of terror
One of the letter Dynlacht allegedly sent to Aetna after it denied his claim
'You really need to have your f**king brains blown out while you are walking to your car in the Aetna parking lot one day,' one of the tamer messages read.
Dynlacht was tracked down and FBI agents burst through his door in Rockville, Maryland, on May 8 and arrested him, and he now faces cyberstalking charges.
He allegedly began his campaign after Aetna put him thousands of dollars in debt after out-of-network treatment for Crohn's disease in 2022.
Dynlacht explained to the New York Times in an article about hidden health fees that he had to consult a specialist about persistent abdominal pain, who found a hernia containing abdominal tissue.
Feeling 'ripped off' by the huge bill, the affidavit explained how he appealed the coverage but was denied - and lashed out.
First he emailed then-Aetna president Daniel Finke on November 13, 2022, calling the two in-network doctors who failed to diagnose him 'f**king quacks'.
Dynlacht wrote that he wished he 'never would have met you and the greedy and corrupt goddamn a**holes who run Aetna'.
He called the employees who denied his claim 'two of the greediest, most corrupt and useless people that I have ever interacted with'.
'Honestly, I find useless idiots like [them] in my bowel movements.'
Four of the letters sent anonymously or under fake names during the harassemnt
Dynlacht followed up on January 6 with an email to Finke, the two employees, and Karen Lynch, chief executive of Aetna parent company CVS Health.
'The four of you are corrupt, greedy c**ksuckers… Go f**k yourselves, you goddamn f**king thieves,' he wrote.
'Aetna is the absolutely the worst health insurance company in the US and its executives are all criminals who I sincerely hope burn in f**king hell!'
Sick of his vulgar harassment, Aetna told AstraZeneca about the emails and an abusive phone call he made to its office, and he was hauled in by HR.
The affidavit explained Dynlacht showed no remorse and claimed his actions were 'justified' as a 'reaction in kind' at the January 18 meeting.
'Dynlacht was not apologetic, nor did he believe he behaved unprofessionally,' the affidavit explained. AstraZeneca sacked him five days later.
No more communication was sent to Aetna under Dynlacht's name from that point. Instead, the FBI alleged his threats were anonymous or under fake names.
Aetna then-president Daniel Finke (center) and his staff were sent graphic threats for more than a year
Sometime during the campaign, Finke stepped down as president and was replaced by Brian Kane (pictured) - who then also became a target
They began on March 16, 2023, and not only targeted Aetna, but his bosses at AstraZeneca and other staff involved in firing him.
Sometime during the campaign, Finke stepped down as president and was replaced by Brian Kane - who then also became a target.
One of the earliest messages was a fax from 'Syed Hussain', who claimed to be a Saudi Arabian man whose claim Aetna had denied.
'You need to do serious prison time for your criminal activities in a maximum security facility where you will be constantly raped in the a**hole and defecated on by both your cell mates and the prison guards,' it read.
'In my home country - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabi (sic) - they would have already cut off your t*ts and sliced up your little tight c**t.
'Additionally, they would definitively behead a f**king corrupt b***h like you. You will not evade justice for much longer… one way or the other you must pay for your crimes.'
Then on May 18, 2023, the same Aetna employee was sent a fax from 'Steve Hardi' that claimed the US justice system was 'so corrupt' people needed to 'ake justice into their own hands'.
'You really need to have your f**king brains blown out while you are walking to your car in the Aetna parking lot one day,' it read.
'This will teach you f**king thieves to steal hundreds of millions of dollars. May you and Aetna executive management suffer much worse than your policy members.'
Two more of the letters he allegedly sent with disturbing threats
One letter was even sent to the home of an AstraZeneca executive on June 5, 2023, wishing revenge for 'your crimes that killed and injured so many Covid-19 vaccine recipients'.
'I hope you are violently raped with a lead pipe in your a**hole, I hope the defecate all over your face and then cut off your balls and your d**k before smashing in your f**king skull like it's a pinata (sic),' it read.
Dynlacht will be arraigned on June 13 and faces five years in jail if convicted.
'The nature of the messages appears to be out of character for a man who is fifty-four years old and has never incurred an arrest,' he lawyers wrote.
'Undersigned counsel needs time to have Mr. Dynlacht psychologically evaluated so that an appropriate home plan can be developed.'