[2025] NZIACDT 23, JY v Wen (Xinru Wen)

“Sanctions / adviser breached nine professional obligations / client wound up as a victim of immigration fraud / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s3, s50, s51 / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl14, cl17a, cl17c cl18a, cl18b, cl20a, cl22 and cl26b / HELD / Tribunal denounces failure to have written agreement before undertaking work, along with excessive fee and numerous other breaches of Code / three complaints upheld against adviser, treated as first appearance / Tribunal accepts adviser was inexperienced, only holding provisional licence at time of breaches / moderate gravity of wrongdoing / adviser offered no apology, though acknowledges significance of wrongdoing and has taken comprehensive steps to prevent repeat / adviser has implemented practices to prevent repeat and regularly undertakes professional development / further training unnecessary / adviser censured / compensation not sought / adviser ordered to pay $3,000 financial penalty”