The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has launched a criminal investigation into a former executive of consulting firm PwC, after he used confidential Treasury information to benefit the firm's client base.In a statement, the Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy said he had asked the AFP to consider a criminal investigation into the firm's former head of international tax, Peter-John Collins.Mr Collins shared confidential information about tax laws with partners, staff and clients that would be impacted by them, despite signing three separate confidentiality agreements in 2013, 2016 and 2018.
