The recent airing of the ITV drama “Mr Bates vs The Post Office” has brought significant attention to the Post Office Horizon scandal in the UK, focusing on former CEO Paula Vennells and the troubling events that unfolded during her tenure.
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The scandal revolves around the flawed IT system known as Horizon, which led to hundreds of sub-postmasters being wrongly prosecuted for theft, fraud, or false accounting. The Horizon system, installed by the Post Office in the late 1990s, created the illusion that money was disappearing from various branches.
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