Accountant Priyank Patel has been severely reprimanded by the ACCA’s disciplinary committee after he was caught working two full-time jobs at the same time!
After working for one company for just over seven years Patel secured a new role with another company. However, he failed to tell this old company he had another full-time role.
In fact, he told his new firm that he had ended his employment with his old firm, but would be working for them on an ad hoc basis outside his contracted hours.
Both firms finally rumbled what was going on after three months!
During the disciplinary hearing Patel accepted his conduct amounted to misconduct, and on top of the severe reprimand Patel was ordered to pay £13,500 in costs.
Patel is not alone when it comes to working more than one job at the same time. Check out our story of notorious accountant Stephen Day on page 36 of the latest issue: https://issuu.com/pqpublishing/docs/pq_magazine_september_2025
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