A federal order has banned a former Synovus Bank employee from working in the banking industry.
Julio A. Gonzalez, who worked for Columbus-based Synovus from Aug. 7, 2023, until he was fired Jan. 16, 2024, misappropriated more than $38,000 from the accounts of three Synovus customers, according to the order issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and signed by Gonzalez, effective Dec. 3.
The misappropriation, from Dec. 21, 2023, through Jan. 10, 2024, included forging signatures on documents for his benefit, the order says…