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Post Office Horizon scandal: Fujitsu will be hauled before MPs to answer whether it put 'profit before people'

Source: PA Archive

Fujitsu executives must answer whether they prioritised "profits before people" at a House of Commons hearing next week about the Post Office's Horizon software scandal, a senior MP said on Wednesday.

The is alleged to have turned a blind eye to known bugs in its Horizon system, and is under pressure to fork out millions for compensation to 983 sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of fraud when the software made it look as if money was missing from

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