Wengfeng Wei

Member’s name:Wengfeng Wei
Date of Hearing: 15 April 2026
Division: New South Wales
Tribunal: Disciplinary 

On 15 April 2026 the Disciplinary Tribunal found Mr Wengfeng Wei breached CPA Australia’s 11 May 2022 Constitution (“the Constitution”) in that he had “committed, participated in or been involved with an Adverse Event” as defined in:

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Article 76(i) of the Constitution in that he “pleaded guilty to , or was found guilty of (either without conviction or with a final conviction), any offence (criminal or otherwise, but excluding any offence relating to traffic infringement) before any Court in any jurisdiction, which in the Board’s reasonable opinion, is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s standing or reputation;” in respect of his guilty plea to one count of bribing a Commonwealth public official contrary to s141.1(3) of the Commonwealth Criminal Code (Code), three counts of unauthorised access to, or modification of, restricted data contrary to s478.1(1) of the Code and one count of abuse of public office contrary to s142.2 of the Code, and sentence to an aggregate of imprisonment of five years with a non-parole period of two years and six months.

Particulars

The facts of the offending included the following:

1. Acceptance of a $100,000 bribe to corrupt a tax audit, thereby understating tax liabilities and avoiding penalties, in circumstances where true tax/GST shortfalls exceeded $6.286 million.
2. More than 1.700 unauthorised accesses to ATO restricted data across multiple episodes and years including 294 accesses and dissemination of private information.
3. Abuse of public office by using confidential ATO information to advise on improper access to COVID-19 payments and avoidance of tax/AUSTRAC reporting; receipt of benefits totalling $56,697.

The offending was planned, sustained over about 6 years, and ceased only upon arrest.

Decision

Mr Wei did not attend the Disciplinary Tribunal Hearing and a denial of the complaint was entered on his behalf.
The Disciplinary Tribunal considered the evidence before it and found the Complaint sustained.

Penalty and Conditions

The Disciplinary Tribunal considered Mr Wei’s submissions regarding his remorse, his cooperation, the penalty already imposed on him, and his need to earn an income to support his family.  However, the Member engaged in egregious conduct contrary to the interests of the Australian public over an extended period, ceasing only upon his arrest. The Disciplinary Tribunal imposed the following penalty:

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• Forfeiture of membership, not eligible for readmission.  
• A Fine of $25,000.

Costs

Mr Wei was ordered to pay CPA Australia’s costs of $20,194.50.