A senior lending officer at Georgia-based Synovus Financial Corp. has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced Thursday.
John D. Evans, a senior vice president of commercial lending at Synovus subsidiary Columbus Bank & Trust, waived indictment in favor of pleading guilty Wednesday to an eight-count criminal information accusing him of bank fraud and evading federal taxes. U.S. District Judge Clay Land of the Middle District of Georgia in Columbus presided over the plea.
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