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Letters to Dimon: You'll 'Die in 10 Days'

Feds hunt author of threats to bank CEO

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(Newser) – A flurry of letters threatening the life of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, as well as an Oklahoma City-style bombing of a bank facility, are being investigated by the Postal Investigation Service. ABC News reports a $100,000 reward has been posted for information about the 45-plus letters, all postmarked last week in Amarillo, Texas.

"You need to be pay back. You will be killed in 10 days," reads one of the typewritten letters sent to Dimon, according to feds. The letters were sent to several Chase offices and government agencies and contained a powdery substance that has proven harmless.

James Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, holds a news conference announcing the bank will build one of five planned office towers at Ground Zero, Thursday, June 14, 2007 in New York.
James Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, holds a news conference announcing the bank will build one of five planned office towers at Ground Zero, Thursday, June 14, 2007 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
James Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Federal investigators are seeking someone who threatened to assassinate him within ten days.
James Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Federal investigators are seeking someone who threatened to assassinate him within ten days.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The headquarters for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Some 45 threatening letters includes a threat to carry out an Oklahoma City style bombing.
The headquarters for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Some 45 threatening letters includes a threat to carry out an Oklahoma City style bombing.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Letters sent to the bank and government agencies threatened he would be killed within 10 days.
Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Letters sent to the bank and government agencies threatened he would be killed within 10 days.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
James Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, enters the New York Stock Exchange to attend a panel discussion Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in New York.
James Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, enters the New York Stock Exchange to attend a panel discussion Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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