Postal scandal: Authorities “awards contracts to Fujitsu regardless of 2019 court docket ruling”
The fallout from the postal scandal continues to develop after the ITV drama uncovered it to a a lot wider viewers – and the federal government is now beneath scrutiny.
In keeping with the Monetary Instances, the corporate behind the flawed Horizon software program has been concerned in billions of kilos price of presidency contracts since a court docket discovered its software program was accountable for the scandal.
Fujitsu was “concerned in particular person and joint public sector contracts price £four.9bn, together with £three.6bn within the yr, following the December 2019 ruling [Rishi] Sunak’s time as chancellor and now prime minister,” the newspaper studies.
Over 700 folks have been criminally convicted as a result of they had been accused of being accountable for lack of funds as a result of error software program.
Executives from the Japanese firm have been requested to offer proof in regards to the scandal to a Home of Commons committee subsequent week – and the Metropolitan Police have additionally reopened an investigation.
A public inquiry into the scandal can be underway and is anticipated to final one other yr.
In a press release, Fujitsu stated: “Publish Workplace Horizon IT’s present regulatory investigation is analyzing advanced occasions courting again over 20 years to grasp who knew what, when, and what they did with that data.”
“The investigation has deepened the devastating influence on the lives of the postmasters and their households, and Fujitsu has apologized for its half of their struggling.”
“Fujitsu is absolutely dedicated to supporting the investigation to grasp what occurred and be taught from it.”
“Out of respect for the investigative course of, it will be inappropriate for Fujitsu to offer additional remark presently.”