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SunSeeker

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15. Sounds more related to insider trading than denying medical coverage.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 04:39 AM
Dec 5

DOJ was investigating his sale of shares of the company’s stock options worth $15.1 million in February, just two weeks before the DOJ announced its probe into the company. DOJ was also attemping to block UnitedHealth Group Incorporated from spending $3.3 billion to acquire its rival health and hospice provider, Amedisys Inc., as it would be monopolistic.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unitedhealthcare-ceo-gunned-down-manhattan-010522957.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEblZJv6Xcyk7GZz8fS25UoRHLh2uBUKeVrIDkaMm1j9QkWWB6BXb5hbyLVwRdlFHWK2TDzgHtxVXRvbjKCv9l4e7I9IZ9E-kq3UfrJEP3F21C_5Hmzdq25A_JqSSU_QSXDbNV1sdsuEBNkL8Gc2-cm19Hj7JCynnLrQrxFYEuLS

A grieving family member would not have the money to hire a sophisticated hit man. If they did have that kind of money, they would have spent it on their loved one's care.

This looks like someone with money got pissed at Thompson.

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I'm sorry. I can't find any tears. RandySF Dec 5 #1
Weird. Sounds like a bad TV plot. LeftInTX Dec 5 #2
Agreed. I still think it was a hit to make sure he didn't talk. C Moon Dec 5 #8
rich fascist elite have opened up a can of worms they can't control called Karma. nt yaesu Dec 5 #3
Wow. That sounds very "let's get this civil war started" LearnedHand Dec 5 #4
it is very disturbing indeed Skittles Dec 5 #7
Oh you mean like public school children shot and killed in their desks Stargazer99 Dec 5 #11
sorry I didn't realize we celebrated that Skittles Dec 5 #14
The motive remains unknown? Demobrat Dec 5 #5
Another possible motive is related to the investigation into his insider trading. Stockholders lost many millions. nt pnwmom Dec 5 #6
Victim was shot from behind. He never saw it coming and had no chance. No Vested Interest Dec 5 #9
This seems rather close to Allstate's slogan, Allstate's Motto: Delay, Deny and Defend SWBTATTReg Dec 5 #10
I doubt if this CEO worked directly with any claims! He probably set corporate policy etc LeftInTX Dec 5 #12
Maybe not directly w/ the specific case or whatever that drove the shooter. Shooting this CEO who represents SWBTATTReg Dec 5 #13
Good catch!! NT Mike 03 Dec 5 #17
Sounds more related to insider trading than denying medical coverage. SunSeeker Dec 5 #15
I just binge-researched CIA hijinks recently John Shaft Dec 5 #16
but how convenient WhiskeyGrinder Dec 5 #18
If CEOs start getting killed I expect more gun control to pass. David__77 Dec 5 #19
Absolutely horrifying someone would hate you that much. Passages Dec 5 #20
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