In order to resolve a disciplinary proceeding before a Panel of CPABC’s Disciplinary Committee concerning professional misconduct alleged against him, Jaspreet Thind of Langley, British Columbia has agreed to the voluntary suspension of his membership in the Organization of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (“CPABC”) for a period of three months, commencing on April 23, 2026.
The professional misconduct alleged against Mr. Thind includes several breaches of the CPABC Code of Professional Conduct, including: during his employment with an employer (the “Employer”), copying confidential client files and Employer information (collectively, the “confidential files”) without the Employer’s knowledge or consent; after resigning from his employment with the Employer, copying the confidential files to a personal USB drive without the Employer’s knowledge or consent; breaching the Employer’s Privacy Policy, Confidentiality Policies and Computer Policies, all of which he had expressly agreed to at the commencement of his employment with the Employer; and after resigning from the Employer and commencing employment with a second Employer (the “Second Employer”), he uploaded the files onto a work laptop that the Second Employer had issued to him, without the knowledge or consent of either the Employer or the Second Employer.
Mr. Thind has admitted to the above allegations that CPABC has made against him.
Mr. Thind has agreed to pay a fine of $7,500.00 and pay $2,500.00 towards CPABC’s costs of the disciplinary proceedings.
During the three month period of the voluntary suspension of Mr. Thind’s membership in CPABC, he cannot use or display the designations “Chartered Professional Accountant”, or “Professional Accountant”, the initials “CPA”, or “PA”, imply, suggest, or hold out that he is a Chartered Professional Accountant or Professional Accountant, or engage in providing or offering to provide public accounting services or other regulated services to the public.