Be careful. I tried to verify the professional membership claims that Gary Cook, CFP had made on his website and came up very short. There were three false claims.
Gary is not a member of the Million Dollar Round Table or does he have membership in the elite MDRT clubs, Court of the Table and Top of the Table as previously claimed on his site. MDRT, CoT and ToT memberships are determined by the financial productivity of the producer as well as a commitment to high ethical standards. Gary is not a member of any of them.
Gary Cook removed the three lies from cookfs.com shortly after being caught by the MDRT membership processing manager, Debbie L. Oprenchak.
The two memberships (ASPPA and NAIFA) left on his site are current. But the sad thing is Gary Cook was in direct violation of ASPPA's code of conduct. ASPPA Code of Conduct Article 9 states an ASPPA member shall not engage in any advertising or business solicitation activities with respect to professional services that the member knows or should know are false or misleading.
This in itself jeopardizes current and future membership into ASPPA and NAIFA not to mention compromising the CFP's Standards of Professional Conduct and a violation of the CFP Rules that Relate to the Principle of Integrity; Rule 101 - A CFP Board designee shall not solicit clients through false or misleading communications or a CFP Board designee shall not make a false or misleading communication about the size, scope or areas of competence of the CFP Board designee's practice.
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