Overview

• Former Post Office chair describes the institution as 'very badly run' with outdated IT infrastructure.
• The Horizon IT system, implemented by Fujitsu, falsely indicated financial discrepancies, leading to wrongful prosecutions.
• Government officials provided misleading information to MPs about the integrity of the Horizon system.
• More than 900 post office operators were prosecuted based on faulty data, with many convictions now overturned.
• The ongoing inquiry, launched in 2021, continues to uncover the scale of the scandal and its impact on victims.