Executive Behind PwC Tax Scam Referred to Police Over Release of Confidential Information

Executive Behind PwC Tax Scam Referred to Police Over Release of Confidential Information
Secretary to the Treasury Dr Steven Kennedy during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Nov. 10, 2020. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
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Peter-John Collins, the former Australian head of the international tax department at consulting firm giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has been referred to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) over the improper use of confidential government information.

In a statement released on May 25, the Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. Steven Kennedy, said that the emails from the Tax Practitioners Board presented in Parliament on May 2, “highlighted the significant extent” to which Collins divulged confidential Commonwealth information and the “wide range of people within PwC who were, directly and indirectly, privy to the confidential information.”
Victoria Kelly-Clark
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