On Friday, the legal representatives of Fujitsu will make their opening statements as the public inquiry is underway. Though the company Fujitsu is generally known as the maker of laptops to Brits, they become entangled in one the most extensive miscarriages of justice in the legal history of the UK.
Hardly known
Despite this, hardly anyone is aware of the Horizon scandal in the home market of Fujitsu.
According to the BBC, a former company president in Tokyo who worked for nearly four decades for the firm responded with “What’s Horizon?” when asked about it. Moreover, according to BBC, Takahito Tokita, the current company president, has turned down multiple interview requests, even the demand for written comments on the victims.
What happened to the victims?
Some sub-post managers tried to plug significant shortfalls with their own money, and some even remortgaged their homes after IT errors made it look like thousands of pounds were missing during the Horizon scandal.
Hundreds were convicted of theft and false accounting, and some went to prison. Many were ruined financially and were rejected by their communities. Since then, some have died too.
FAQs:
Who supplied the Horizon to the Post Office?
Fujitsu Services
When was the Post Office scandal?
Between 2000 and 2014.
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