Londonrocks

It’s very tough. The situation is like the prosecutor and jury are on the same side. I think they do have an “independent panel” that is supposed to remove any bias, but again they have no upside to fighting for you vigorously.
In these cases, I can imagine the innocent being taken as guilty.
Obviously, they won’t let you retake it and match your scores, so forget about that working out.
I doubt you would get a permanent ban. check out the punishments they listed on their site. For “cheating during test” people tend to go for a few years of suspension usually