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was facing a lawsuit accusing him and other executives of insider trading related to an ongoing Justice Department investigation before he was fatally shot outside a New York City hotel on Wednesday.filed in May that accused them of dumping millions of dollars worth of stock while the company was the subject of a federal antitrust investigation, which investors say wasn’t immediately disclosed to shareholders.“UnitedHealth was aware of the DOJ investigation since at least October 2023.

It was the first time that Thompson had sold shares since becoming CEO of the company’s insurance division in 2021,Attorneys listed as representing Thompson in the suit did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment Thursday. “I don’t know details. I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him,” she told the outlet.The couple share two sons and had been living separately in Minneapolis for several years,reported, citing property records, voter registration data and neighbors. Thompson was in New York ahead of an annual investors conference.

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