[2025] NZIACDT 12, XI v Liu (Jiaxian Liu)

“Sanctions / adviser failed to directly communicate or engage with client, breaching seven professional obligations / client wound up as a victim of immigration fraud / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s3, s50, s51 / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl2e, cl14, cl18a, cl22, cl26aiii, cl26b / HELD / eight identical complaints against adviser / first appearance before Tribunal / direct engagement a fundamental obligation of advisers, failure enabled immigration fraud to occur / serious consequences for client / failure to have written services agreement with client a major departure from expected standards / gravity of wrongdoing at high end of moderate / no real remorse / adviser censured and Tribunal denounces breaches of Code / further training unnecessary as adviser has implemented practices to prevent repeat / ordered to pay $4,000 financial penalty”