On May 14, 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”).
In order to resolve a disciplinary proceeding before a Panel of CPABC’s Disciplinary Committee concerning the professional misconduct alleged against them, they have agreed to the voluntary suspension of their enrollment as a student of CPABC between November 26, 2020 and May 13, 2021, inclusive (thereby resulting in a 12-month suspension as a candidate in the CPA PEP).
They have irrevocably admitted to breaching several provisions of the CPABC Code of Professional Conduct, by surreptitiously copying 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 two different assignments required in a module of the CPA PEP, all of which occurred without the consent or knowledge of the other candidate.
During the period of the suspension of their enrollment as a student of CPABC, they will continue to be suspended as a candidate in the CPA PEP, and ineligible to register for any modules in the CPA PEP.