BOCA RATON, Fla. \u2014 Police say a South Florida businessman was found shot and killed in a parking lot in early April, right next to his car. It came as new evidence was set to come to light in a whistleblower lawsuit against his former company.<\/p>\n
Arman Motiwalla, 37, of Plantation, was a successful insurance executive and father who worked at Synergy Insurance Affiliates LLC at 350 Camino Gardens Blvd. in Boca Raton.<\/p>\n
But on April 8, while leaving work in the overnight hours, Motiwalla was shot multiple times and killed in the parking lot of the business.<\/p>\n
At the time of his death, Motiwalla was involved in a bitter legal battle with his former employer, the Coral Springs-based company Innovative Partners.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was terminated for objecting to or refusing to participate in a practice or policy that violated a law, rule, or regulation,\u201d his attorney, G. Ware Cornell Jr., said.<\/p>\n
Records show Motiwalla filed the whistleblower case last summer, and Innovative Partners LLC even countersued in a strong denial of allegations of mismanaging funds.<\/p>\n
Cornell said the insurance executive\u2019s murder was just nine days before new evidence was set to be introduced in court tied to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
This has only added to the murder mystery, with some people even speculating Motiwalla was working with federal authorities to help bring down his former company.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe never told me that he was ever any kind of witness or participant in anything involving any kind of police agency,\u201d Cornell said.<\/p>\n
While the case remains under investigation, police have called the parking lot shooting an isolated incident and Cornell isn\u2019t pointing the finger at anyone.<\/p>\n
Because of the murder, a judge has now dismissed the original whistleblower lawsuit. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s no known connection between the suit and Motiwalla\u2019s murder. Police said they\u2019re still investigating but no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n
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