{"id":9072,"date":"2020-06-01T10:55:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=9072"},"modified":"2020-06-01T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:55:03","slug":"timothy-johnson-accused-of-diverting-client-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/timothy-johnson-accused-of-diverting-client-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Johnson Accused Of Diverting Client Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8152 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Cashsmall-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Timothy Johnson (Timothy Edward Johnson, Jr. CRD #5701828) is a former registered broker and investment advisor whose last employer was MML Investors Services, LLC (CRD# 10409) of Lawrenceville, GA. Previous employers include Suntrust Investment Services, Inc. (CRD# 17499) of Atlanta, GA, and PNC Investments (CRD#:129052) of Suwanee, GA. He has been in the industry since 2009. Johnson was discharged from MML Investors Services on 7\/8\/2019 after an investigation was launched after allegations of diverting client funds for his own personal use. As diversion sounds like a fancy legal term, it can simply be interpreted as stole or took money that does not belong to him. Unfortunately, claims of stockbroker diversion or improperly taking customer funds is a major problem in the securities industry. Stockbrokers, financial advisors and others know their customers financial situation and can easily discover who can be convinced to give the financial advisor improper access to an account or otherwise convince a client to transfer money that does not belong to the broker.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Cashsmall-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Cashsmall-1-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Timothy Johnson (Timothy Edward Johnson, Jr. CRD #<a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/5701828\" target=\"_blank\">5701828<\/a>) is a former registered broker and investment advisor whose last employer was MML Investors Services, LLC (CRD# 10409) of Lawrenceville, GA. Previous employers include Suntrust Investment Services, Inc. (CRD# 17499) of Atlanta, GA, and PNC Investments (CRD#:129052) of Suwanee, GA. He has been in the industry since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was discharged from MML Investors Services on 7\/8\/2019 after an investigation was launched after allegations of diverting client funds for his own personal use. As diversion sounds like a fancy legal term, it can simply be interpreted as stole or took money that does not belong to him. Unfortunately, claims of stockbroker diversion or improperly taking customer funds is a major problem in the securities industry. Stockbrokers, financial advisors and others know their customers financial situation and can easily discover who can be convinced to give the financial advisor improper access to an account or otherwise convince a client to transfer money that does not belong to the broker. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/timothy-johnson-accused-of-diverting-client-funds\/#more-9072\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timothy Johnson (Timothy Edward Johnson, Jr. CRD #5701828) is a former registered broker and investment advisor whose last employer was MML Investors Services, LLC (CRD# 10409) of Lawrenceville, GA. Previous employers include Suntrust Investment Services, Inc. (CRD# 17499) of Atlanta, GA, and PNC Investments (CRD#:129052) of Suwanee, GA. He has been in the industry since [&hellip;]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-9072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stockbroker-misconduct"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Timothy Johnson Accused Of Diverting Client Funds &#8212;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Timothy Johnson is a former broker with MML Investors Services who was discharged after allegations of diverting client funds for his own personal use.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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