The True Post (Web News) The biggest and most infamous scandal in British history . which called into question the transparency of the entire judicial system and state machinery.
It has finally been fully exposed. This is the same scandal in which more than 900 innocent post office employees were falsely accused of financial crimes. Of these, 236 were sentenced to prison, while many committed suicide due to the intense torture and infamy. The scandal was called the “Horizon Scandal”, which was the result of serious flaws in the Horizon software developed by the Japanese company Fujitsu. The software had been in use in all UK post offices since 1999 and was falsely showing financial losses. When several postmasters raised their voices about these financial irregularities, instead of listening to them, they were branded thieves and fraudsters, sent to prison, their jobs terminated, and publicly disgraced. An official investigation launched in 2021 revealed that both the Post Office and Fujitsu knew about the flaw, but covered up the truth and deliberately scapegoated dozens of innocent people. So far, the British government has announced compensation of more than a billion pounds, the convictions of several victims have been overturned, and other cases are being reopened. The former CEO, Paula Venables, who is considered the central figure in the scandal, is facing intense public pressure and criticism. The case gained global attention when the popular TV series “Mr. Bates vs The Post Office” based on it was broadcast in the UK, which Not only did it bring the voices of the victims to the world, but it also increased pressure on the government to provide immediate justice.
