The panel members were Mr Richard Hair PPNAEA (Honoured) (member panellist acting as the Chairperson for the Tribunal, Ms Jane Bennett (lay panellist) and Mr Clive Wood (lay panellist). The presenting Case Officer for Propertymark was Mr Victor Zillmer.
Mr Blankson attended the hearing via zoom and the hearing was recorded.
Allegations
The Tribunal considered the allegations set out in the case summary sent to Mr Blankson.
It was alleged that Mr Blankson had acted in contravention of the requirements of the following Propertymark Conduct and Membership Rules.
- Conduct rule 11: Anti-Money Laundering
- Conduct rule 13: General duty to uphold high standards of ethical and professional behaviour
- Conduct rule 17: Personal declarations, applications and fees
- Conduct rule 23: Continuing professional development (CPD) rules
Decision
Mr Blankson submitted a plea in mitigation of the admitted rule breaches.
- Conduct rule 11: Admitted
- Conduct rule 13: Admitted
- Conduct rule 17: Admitted
- Conduct rule 23: Admitted
Sanctions
- Conduct rule 11: Formal Warning
- Conduct rule 13: Formal Warning
- Conduct rule 17: Formal Warning
- Conduct rule 23: £100
In addition, the costs of the hearing of £570 were imposed against Mr Blankson in favour of Propertymark.
Closing Statement
The Tribunal made the following statement:
'Can we as a Tribunal, firstly say Mr Blankson, “thank you for coming” and I can assure you that your attendance today was both beneficial to your cause and very helpful to ours.
The Anti-Money Laundering fine is taken very seriously, and it is a serious offence. However, the Tribunal feel, that the fine that has been made is a sufficient fine in this respect.
Can we seriously thank you for the professional manner that you’ve have presented yourself and your case today, it has really helped us. We do not expect to see you again.'
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