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The British Post Office scandal, also called the Horizon IT scandal, involved the Post Office pursuing thousands of innocent subpostmasters for apparent financial shortfalls caused by faults in Horizon, an accounting software system developed by Fujitsu. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were convicted of theft, fraud and ...
A 100-strong national taskforce is probing staff at Fujitsu, the Post Office and legal professionals over crimes but no ... “Victims of the Horizon IT scandal exist in every part of the UK ...
More than 700 Post Office branch managers were given criminal convictions after faulty Fujitsu accounting software called Horizon made it appear as though money was missing from their shops. Here ...
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Lawmakers trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices were questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu on Tuesday as momentum grew to compensate and clear the names ...
The Post Office Horizon IT scandal has been put in the spotlight again following the release of ITV’s drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, starring actor Toby Jones. – Who is Alan Bates?
Bates & Others v Post Office Ltd was a UK group legal action taken by 555 subpostmasters against Post Office Limited, commonly known as the Post Office, the state-owned post office company. It was heard by Justice Fraser in the High Court between 2017 and 2019.
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells is accused of overseeing what has been described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history. The scandal came back into public consciousness ...