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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 ...
The scandal has recently come back into the spotlight following ITV’s four-part drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Here, the PA news agency looks at what the scandal is all about: – What is ...
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More than 700 subpostmasters were prosecuted by the Post Office and handed criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015.
The Post Office asked for the costs to be reserved until the end of litigation, as they claimed that an interim decision "would demonstrate a pre-determination as to the overall outcome". The judge saw this as a "veiled or implied threat", similar to that issued in the recusal application, and dismissed the Post Office's argument. [ 12 ]
Post Office scandal may refer to: The Congressional Post Office scandal in the US, concerning corruption (investigated 1991–95) The British Post Office scandal , concerning the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters (began late 1990s)
The PA news agency looks at the decades-long scandal and what happens next.
The Congressional Post Office scandal was the discovery of corruption among various Congressional Post Office employees and members of the United States House of Representatives, investigated 1991–1995, culminating in House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) pleading guilty in 1996 to reduced charges of mail fraud.