On January 23, 2020, a student was suspended as a candidate in the CPA Professional Education Program (the “CPA PEP”) by the CPA Western School of Business as a result of engaging in plagiarism 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”).
They admitted to breaching several provisions of the CPABC Code of Professional Conduct, by surreptitiously photographing the work product of another candidate in the CPA PEP, plagiarizing the other candidate’s work product, and submitting the other candidate’s work product as their own work product in a module of the CPA PEP.
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 suspension of their enrollment as a student of CPABC between October 8, 2020 and January 22, 2021 inclusive (thereby resulting in approximately a 12-month suspension from the CPA PEP).
During the 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.