On July 25, 2019, a student, was suspended as a candidate in the CPA Professional Education Program (“CPA PEP”) by the CPA Western School of Business (“CPAWSB”) as a result of plagiarism that they engaged in as a candidate in the CPA PEP, pending the outcome of an investigation into their conduct by the Organization of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (“CPABC”).
In order to resolve a disciplinary proceeding before a Panel of CPABC’s Disciplinary Committee concerning the professional misconduct alleged against them, they agreed to the voluntary suspension of their enrollment as a student of CPABC for a period of five months, commencing on February 28, 2020 (thereby resulting in a 12 month suspension from the CPA PEP).
The CPA candidate admitted to breaching several provisions of the CPABC Code of Professional Conduct, by stealing the work product of another candidate in the CPA PEP, and plagiarizing that work product by submitting it as their own work product in a module of the CPA PEP.
During the five-month period of the suspension of their enrollment as a student of CPABC, they continued to be suspended as a candidate in the CPA PEP and ineligible to register for any modules in the CPA PEP.