BOCA RATON, Fla. — 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.

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.

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.

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.

“He was terminated for objecting to or refusing to participate in a practice or policy that violated a law, rule, or regulation,” his attorney, G. Ware Cornell Jr., said.

Records show Motiwalla filed the whistleblower case last summer, and Innovative Partners LLC even countersued in a strong denial of allegations of mismanaging funds.

Cornell said the insurance executive’s murder was just nine days before new evidence was set to be introduced in court tied to the lawsuit.

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.

“He never told me that he was ever any kind of witness or participant in anything involving any kind of police agency,” Cornell said.

While the case remains under investigation, police have called the parking lot shooting an isolated incident and Cornell isn’t pointing the finger at anyone.

Because of the murder, a judge has now dismissed the original whistleblower lawsuit.

There’s no known connection between the suit and Motiwalla’s murder. Police said they’re still investigating but no arrests have been made.

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