Using CFA if not a member anymore

[archived_user]

Hello!
Just a quick question.
A colleague of mine asked the company where we work to add the CFA designation in the business card and in the email. This colleague was a charterholder till about 7 years ago, when he decided to stop paying the annual membership fee.
I do not care about it, but I am curious to understand what could happen if someone tell the CFA Institute about it.
Thank you

 

[archived_user]

I’m sure that their lawyers will ask him to stop: copyright infringement.

 

[archived_user]

They’ll send Seal Team 6 to shred his business cards
I would care more if I were you. He should pay his dues. Everyone else does. Otherwise he shouldn’t use the letters. He has an integrity problem and I hope it doesn’t reflect on the charter by diminishing its reputation at your office, for your clients, and in your community.