No clue what that number is - too many digits to be an Arizona registration. Arizona registrations are always 5 digits (at least they are now, since they are up to the 50,000's in the number issued). Maybe he was registered in Canada or some other state at one time, maybe even still? That number is not recognized by the AZBOTR.
If it looks official to you, it would probably look official to a lot of people, and that borders on fraud. By putting that on the report, he is claiming to be a Mechanical Engineer when in fact he is not (at least in terms of a report issued in Arizona). His CPG was valid at the time, and he should have left it at that.
Someone relying on that report to make an invesment decision, would have trusted that he should know what he was talking about, because after all, he was a CPG and a Mechanical Engineer (neither of which are recognized by the AZBOTR). Well, if they are now feeling burned by their investment, they might be tempted to file a complaint at the AZBOTR.
