{"id":11488,"date":"2024-08-16T10:38:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T14:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=11488"},"modified":"2024-08-16T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T14:38:23","slug":"former-american-trust-investment-services-broker-david-geake-barred-by-finra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/former-american-trust-investment-services-broker-david-geake-barred-by-finra\/","title":{"rendered":"Former American Trust Investment Services Broker David Geake Barred by FINRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11490 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Graphics19.png\" alt=\"David Geake (CRD # 3088891) is a former registered broker and investment advisor at American Trust Investment Services (CRD # 3001). Geake has 20 pending Customer Disputes and a total of 39 total disclosures. He has been in the industry since 2002 and is currently barred from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a broker-dealer firm. \u201cIn July 2023 without admitting or denying the findings, Geake consented to the sanction and to the findings that he participated in a private securities transaction by soliciting elderly investors, a husband and wife, to pledge approximately $15 million of securities as collateral to guarantee a $2.5 million loan from a bank on behalf of a startup company without providing written notice to his firm.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Graphics19.png 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Graphics19-180x120.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>David Geake (CRD # <a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/3088891\" target=\"_blank\">3088891<\/a>) is a former registered broker and investment advisor at American Trust Investment Services (CRD # 3001). Geake has 20 pending Customer Disputes and a total of 39 total disclosures. He has been in the industry since 2002 and is currently barred from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a broker-dealer firm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/former-american-trust-investment-services-broker-david-geake-barred-by-finra\/#more-11488\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Geake (CRD # 3088891) is a former registered broker and investment advisor at American Trust Investment Services (CRD # 3001). Geake has 20 pending Customer Disputes and a total of 39 total disclosures. 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