{"id":2485,"date":"2017-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/ryan-e-cox-suntrust-synovus-georgia\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:37:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:37:13","slug":"ryan-e-cox-suntrust-synovus-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/ryan-e-cox-suntrust-synovus-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan E. Cox, Formerly of SunTrust Investment Services, Under Investigation For Allegedly Receiving Cash Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\"Did<\/a>Silver Law Group is investigating former Georgia-based SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. (CRD# 17499)<\/a> broker Ryan E. Cox (CRD# 3018153)<\/a> over allegations that he accepted cash gifts from his customers.<\/p>\n

According to Cox\u2019s FINRA BrokerCheck report, Cox was discharged in March 2015 by his former employer, Synovus Securities, Inc. (CRD# 14023)<\/a>.\u00a0 Synovus alleged that Cox and his wife received cash payments from an unrelated client and Cox knowingly allowed the naming of a spouse as a beneficiary of the same client\u2019s variable annuity policy without disclosure to Synovus.<\/p>\n

FINRA followed up Cox\u2019s discharge with a suspension of two months in December 2016.\u00a0 The suspension was related to Cox\u2019s acceptance of cash gifts and Cox falsely stating that he had not received those cash gifts.\u00a0 FINRA also levied a $15,000 fine on Cox.<\/p>\n

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Silver Law Group is investigating former Georgia-based SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. (CRD# 17499) broker Ryan E. Cox (CRD# 3018153) over allegations that he accepted cash gifts from his customers. According to Cox\u2019s FINRA BrokerCheck report, Cox was discharged in March 2015 by his former employer, Synovus Securities, Inc. (CRD# 14023).\u00a0 Synovus alleged that Cox and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[580],"tags":[56,57,58,59,60],"class_list":["post-2485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stockbroker-misconduct","tag-broker-gifts","tag-goergia","tag-ryan-e-cox","tag-suntrust-investment-services","tag-synovus-securities"],"yoast_head":"\nRyan E. 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