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Student expelled

28 October 2009

CIPFA PQ Robert McCarthy has been ‘expelled from student membership of the institute’ by the disciplinary committee.

It appears the PQ falsely indicated (is that lied?) that he has obtained a BA accounting degree when in fact it was just a diploma in higher education.
The former trainee accountant at Argyll & Bute Council also provided his employers with fabricated degree certificates, academic transcripts and CIPFA correspondence about his exemptions. McCarthy admitted the facts of the case against him and that his actions were ‘dishonest and intended to deceive’.
Despite the guilty claim the committee concluded that no sanction less than expulsion was appropriate. PQ magazine understands that this is the only student case to come before the disciplinary committee this year. There were no disciplinary committee cases involving students in 2008

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