Did you also report the massive conspiracy against candidates, carried out by some rouge CFAI operators in Taiwan?
Oooooooo, I love this drama. Basically my soap opera while at the office.
I am probably a jerk for wanting her to be lying I want her to be sweating bullets. you should email her and say you have a job lined up, yo uare just doing background checks
Dude, tell her your company’s interested but needs to see printed verification of enrollment. Also, definitely submit the data to CFAi. I NEED TO KNOW! My curiosity must be satiated, even at her expense!
iteracom, if CFA bans her and she ends up on Bang Bus, this will be your fault!
A good two-year ban will teach that wh0re a lesson.
Damn straight.
Dude find out from the CFAI. If she’s falsely claiming to be a L3 candidate then burn her by sending that info to the CFAI. I don’t know how others feel, but I gave up a lot of time getting to L3 and would be pissed if someone tried that BS here.
get a bj out of it…
CFABLACKBELT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dude find out from the CFAI. If she’s falsely > claiming to be a L3 candidate then burn her by > sending that info to the CFAI. I don’t know how > others feel, but I gave up a lot of time getting > to L3 and would be pissed if someone tried that BS > here. Yeah sounds mean, but seriously, what the F did we all waste our time for if people were going to be on the same playing field just by making up stories?
Black Swan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dude, tell her your company’s interested but needs > to see printed verification of enrollment. Also, > definitely submit the data to CFAi. I NEED TO > KNOW! My curiosity must be satiated, even at her > expense! This^^^. I really want to know what the end result is now. I’m hoping she’s lying…
I agree, please post what you find out… her emailed response sounds really shady
They should be able to verify the candidacy level. If they have a rule saying that you can’t say you are a L3 candidate until you’ve signed up for the exam, then they have to have a way to monitor that. Suppose she had claimed that she was an L3 candidate and had passed L2 but never bothered to sign up for L3. That’s a violation, and they take that seriously, although less seriously perhaps than something that would suggest she had passed L2 when in fact she hadn’t. When this thread started, I thought it might be something as innocuous as a typo where she had typed III instead of II, but if she’s verified that she is an L3 candidate, then it makes sense to check. And, of course, the information saying that she’s only passed L1 could be inaccurate or old too.
bchadwick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Suppose she had claimed that she was an L3 > candidate and had passed L2 but never bothered to > sign up for L3. That’s a violation, and they take > that seriously, although less seriously perhaps > than something that would suggest she had passed > L2 when in fact she hadn’t. > > The CFAI website actually gives an exact example of someone who claimed to be a L1 candidate, but never officially signed up. “A Level I candidate sent an e-mail to CFA Institute wherein he misrepresented his CFA Program enrollment status, specifically that he was enrolled to take an exam for which he did not enroll… The Hearing Panel imposed the sanction of One-Year Suspension from Participation in the CFA Program upon the candidate.” 1 year isn’t a harsh punishment, but this guy didn’t even register yet, so he didn’t get the books and most likely didn’t know the rules… And they still gave him 1 year suspension. CFAI is definitely strict on these things.
WHWOWOWOWWWOWOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. We need to know how this ends. The world needs to know.
New Development- A friend of mine talked me into reporting everything. He reasoned that the resume has probably been sent to hundreds of firms and if she is lying and gets an interview slot or job over someone else because of it, it’s obviously a horrible thing and must be stopped. Again, if she’s honest, then life proceeds just as it should. I sent it. The replies came back… They are long… “” Thank you so much for the information you provided. We are addressing the issue appropriately. I checked with another department and was told that we are not able to verify a candidate’s status within the program (i.e. whether they are a Level I or Level II or Level III). So I am not able to provide you confirmation of Ms. < Bus > status. I apologize that I could not be more helpful to you on that part. What I can offer to you in the way of a response is that you are a Level III candidate and so you are bound by the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. Please review the 2010 Standards of Practice Handbook (SOPH) Standard (A) – Knowledge of the Law, page 12. It discusses participation in or association with violations by others. Please know that by referring you to that section we are not confirming that a violation occurred. We can neither confirm nor deny that the conduct was a violation. But perhaps if you reviewed that section it may help you in your decision. Also, the Professional Conduct Program has an enforcement-type role. Our purpose is in investigating alleged violations of the Code and Standards by covered persons. We do not provide guidance on applying the Code and Standards. However, the CFA Institute Standards of Practice Group does provide that type of guidance. If you read the referenced section of the SOPH and you still aren’t sure what to do, or even if you don’t want to read that section and you just want an answer from someone directly, you can e-mail that group at ethics@cfainstitute.org. You can just explain to them your situation (you don’t have to send the resume or even give names) and ask them what you should do. That is one of the purposes of that group – to provide a means for covered persons to seek guidance. They won’t know anything about the matter with Ms. < Bus > and they won’t make any determination about whether a violation occurred. They would just assist you in making the best decision for your situation. It is hard not to be able to speak freely with you and I apologize if it is frustrating. I hope you will recognize that the same protection we give to Ms. < Bus> is given to all covered persons. We just do not make any statements – either way – unless we have a confirmation that the conduct violated the Code and/or Standards and a disciplinary sanction is published. “” So, there we have it. CFAI will not release or confirm any candidate’s current progress in the program. Even if you send it in directly. So, a firm has to rely on the candidate to provide their own evidence? Here’s my guess on what happens next: If she’s guilty, the PCP will probably send a formal letter outlining the offense. She gets to plead guilty or request a hearing. If guilty, then punishment. If hearing, and still guilty, then punishment. I really have to wonder though. If the resume was honest, would CFAI simply reply with “She is confirmed as a L3 Candidate” ?
Wow, CFAI sucks.
is she the next Jeffrey Chiang?
iteracom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- If the resume was > honest, would CFAI simply reply with “She is > confirmed as a L3 Candidate” ? No. This statement: “we are not able to verify a candidate’s status within the program” Sounds like they are not allow to say anything about the status of a candidate. This is very vague letter, and only thing it does is directing you to act in accordance with code and standards. We may never find out about this case from CFAI directly; maybe you could hear again from the informer of her status. Let us know.
They basically said “f off” and wrote a whole letter to protect themselves from liabilities that might result from candidates interpreting their communications as advice.