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Regulator suspends branch manager for using pre-signed forms

By The IJ Staff | Oct. 2, 2019, 2 p.m.

A branch manager has been fined $12,500 under a settlement agreement. He admitted to obtaining, and in some instances using, pre-signed account forms for seven different clients.

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