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Police investigate ‘potential fraud offences’ during Horizon IT scandal

Source: PA Archive

Metropolitan Police detectives are looking at “potential fraud offences” committed during the Horizon IT scandal.

More than 700 branch managers were handed criminal convictions after faulty Fujitsu accounting software made it appear as though money was missing from their outlets.

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