ACCA trainee Naveed Hussain of Melbourne, Australia has been removed from the student register and fined costs of £7,000 for taking pictures of his exam and then sharing them!
The evidence came to light after a whistle blower sent the ACCA 32 photographs they had been sent from a recent FA2 Maintaining Financial Records exam.
In those photographs Hussain’s student registration could be clearly seen on 11 photographs, and on another three his unique student registration was partially visible.
The committee said it considered that such conduct in a professional exam “undermined ACCA’s exam process, the reputation of the profession and ACCA as a regulator.”
Interestingly, Hussain will now have to wait a minimum of 12 months before being able to reapply for admission as a student member.
Please note that this decision may be subject to an appeal.
