By Paige Minemyer
UnitedHealth Group abruptly ended its investor day event on Wednesday morning as new reports surfaced that the CEO of its health plan division had been fatally shot.
The New York Post reported that UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot in the chest in Midtown Manhattan outside of the Hilton for the conference. The outlet reported that at about 6:46 a.m. Thompson reached the hotel, where a masked man fired multiple times.
Police sources told the Post that the shooting appears to be targeted. Thompson was sent to Mt. Sinai Hospital and later pronounced dead, according to the report.
Thompson was 50 years old.
Police have not yet made any arrests, according to the Post. The New York Police Department released photos of the suspect, who is dressed in all black, wearing a mask and carrying a tan backpack. Police are offering a US$10,000 reward for information on the shooting as they search for the suspect.
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Agencies Issue Interagency Statement On Elder Financial Exploitation
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and state financial regulators (collectively, “the agencies”) issued a joint statement to provide supervised institutions with examples of risk management and other practices that may be effective in combatting elder financial exploitation.
The joint statement provides strategies that can be effective in identifying, preventing and responding to elder financial exploitation. The joint statement does not establish new supervisory expectations or impose new regulatory requirements.
