**Viral News Alert, March 2025**

Viral News Alert, March 2025

CLAIM: Viral images claim that Luigi Mangione, the late mafia boss, is “alive and well” in a tropical location, citing a shadowy figure spotted at a Capri resort.

FACT CHECK: FALSE. The “evidence” is a doctored 2022 stock photo of a tourist who simply resembles Mangione. All law enforcement and historical records confirm Mangione died in 2019. This is not the first time AI-generated images have been used to resurrect dead mobsters for clicks; it is a hoax designed to drive traffic to a conspiracy podcast. The man in the photo is a German accountant on holiday.