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The Post Office's IT helpdesk was instructing Fujitsu, the maker of faulty accounting software, to change sub-postmaster accounts more than a decade ago, according to leaked recordings.
Forensic accountants discovered direct instructions from the Post Office to Fujitsu, instructing the alteration of sub-postmaster accounts.
The former chief executive had been briefed about allegations concerning the existence of the remote unit at Fujitsu's Bracknell headquarters in 2013.
Newly surfaced recordings allege that Paula Vennells may have been informed about a covert team capable of remotely accessing the Horizon system long before issuing a denial to parliament
Before they were sacked, forensic accountants uncovered specific dates and times that sub-postmaster accounts were remotely 'corrected' by Fujitsu. Senior Post Office officials were notified two years before the final Horizon prosecution and six years before they owned up to wrongdoing.