ACCA student, Miss Ying Zhong of China has been severely reprimanded after offering to sell ACCA F1, F3 and F4 exam questions on the Chinese based consumer site Taoboo.com.
ACCA received a referral from the British Council office in China, and although the pages were subsequently removed from the website by Ms Zhong, screenshots were obtained before they were taken down.
The advert included a screenshot of an F4 exam results page, The name of the student and exam centre had been covered over. However, Ms Zhong’s ACCA ID number was visible in the bottom left-hand corner and had not been obscured.
ACCA said in the outcome of the case that it is illicit for students to sell exam questions and that, by doing so, Ms Zhong was assisting others to gain an unfair advantage in their ACCA exams.
On top of the severe reprimanded she was ordered to pay cost of £5,487.
