Regarding violation of cfa standards and code of ethics

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Good morning as here in india,ive recently gave cfa level 1 dec 2016.on jan 4 ive got the msg on the behalf of pcp by cfa institute which says “The Professional Conduct Program has received the attached Violation Report from the 2016 December CFA exam, and has opened an investigation to inquire further.
As we have opened an investigation, your exam results are being withheld pending the final outcome of our processes. Additionally, please note that during the course of the investigation, you are not eligible to participate in the CFA Program and your ability to participate in other CFA Institute testing programs may be restricted”
After receiving this mail i got **** scared,still i am but i know i havnt done anything wrong ..there was an confidential file inside which said the above words
And then it says about the investigation process and what cfa institute wants from me…..
I immediately replied to that mail that i havent done anything to voilate the rules and regulations of cfa institute and standars of professional conduct…
But after some days ,today when i checked the analyst forum i realised that i might be writing at the time when proctors announces to put the pen down..and after 5-6 sec later i put my pen down which i assumes genrally it takes that much amt of time by candidates to put the pens down and closed the answer books….
I just want to ask should i tell them about this or not because investigation process is just started and they even didnt told me about my charges
one thing more ”am i not able to see my result which is coming on 24 of this month”???
Please guide me as im **** scared what to say to my parents about that….i dont know what to do…
 
pranshu24 wrote:
But after some days ,today when i checked the analyst forum i realised that i might be writing at the time when proctors announces to put the pen down..and after 5-6 sec later i put my pen down which i assumes genrally it takes that much amt of time by candidates to put the pens down and closed the answer books….
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Sorry but this was a very incorrect assumption. This is cheating.
 
As above, you’re unlikely to get out of this one.
Next time aim to have your pen (which I hope was actually a pencil!) down in advance of time being called. Given the frequent reports of how strict the governance is I prefer to leave no margin for error.
 
I think as soon as they say pens down, you need to drop the pencil like you would a hot potato.
 
Kudu_Kudu wrote:
I think as soon as they say pens down, you need to drop the pencil like you would a hot potato.
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This is absolutely the case. The instructions leading up to and directly before the exam (as announced by the ‘Lead Proctor’) are very clear about this.
 
As far as I remember when I took these exams I had a stopwatch and they would pretty much call time to the near second of my stopwatch.
I usually finished early and much before they called time, I knew it was coming. No way I was touching my pencil within the last 5 seconds or so, much less 6 seconds after time. It probably takes 1/10 second to drop a pencil. Someone goes through this year after year. I can’t grasp why this is so hard.
 
I appreciate everyone for telling me my assumption was wrong…i did a terrible mistake….please tell me the appropriate solution of this…should i mail pcp that “i think i didnt close my book and have pen in my hand for 3-4 sec after proctors called to put the pens down”…they have not told me about my charges right now…its just they need my early response to the probable charges as they say…should i informed my parents about it?…n what will happen now? When will i be able to see my result?? Whats next for me…i mean if i dont clear the test…im okay then..ive got nothing to loose…but i was very confident enough to clear the exam right from 4 dec2016 after giving the test…and this mail has added tension on me…did anyone gone through this procedure…god forbid i dont want anyone …but what should i do…..can i allowed to go to the exam centre to check the cctv footage as it was close to my house??
Im sorry for asking so many questions..i hope ya’ll understand my situation…
 
Your results are gonna get voided (meaning you will not get your results back). You won’t get suspended from the program most likely, and you’re gonna have to pay to take it again at a later date.
this is based on multiple threads I read on this site.
 
pranshu24 wrote: I appreciate everyone for telling me my assumption was wrong…i did a terrible mistake….please tell me the appropriate solution of this…should i mail pcp that “i think i didnt close my book and have pen in my hand for 3-4 sec after proctors called to put the pens down”…they have not told me about my charges right now…its just they need my early response to the probable charges as they say…should i informed my parents about it?…n what will happen now? When will i be able to see my result?? Whats next for me…i mean if i dont clear the test…im okay then..ive got nothing to loose…but i was very confident enough to clear the exam right from 4 dec2016 after giving the test…and this mail has added tension on me…did anyone gone through this procedure…god forbid i dont want anyone …but what should i do…..can i allowed to go to the exam centre to check the cctv footage as it was close to my house?? Im sorry for asking so many questions..i hope ya’ll understand my situation…
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You are correct. CCTV is the answer. You’re going to have trouble getting the videos so probably best to alert the FBI for footage.
 
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