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Parmod Kalia gave the Post Office £22,000 of his own money after the faulty Horizon software made it seem money was missing from his accounts.
Janine Powell, now 52, served five months in prison after she was accused of stealing the money from her branch in Tiverton, Devon.
Fujitsu is the company behind Horizon, the faulty IT system used by the Post Office, which saw more than 700 sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted for crimes such as fraud.
Have been overturned. the government has previously said it will pursue it firm fujitsu — which designed the horizon software for compensation, if it is found to be at fault. let's hear now from some of the sub—postmasters who've been through this scandal. bbc breakfast invited a group of them onto their sofas this morning — here's a little of what they had to say. i'm tom hedges. i ran a post office at hoxton, which is about eight miles outside skegness. i was there for 16 years until i was dismissed in 2009 and convicted in court in 2010. i had to wait a number of years until 2021 when...
Overturned and claim compensation, mr sunak also said that 555 former postmasters who brought a group lawsuit will be offered an upfront payment of £75,000. more than 700 branch managers were given criminal convictions — only 93 of these convictions have been overturned. the government has previously said it will pursue the it firm fujitsu — which designed the horizon software — for compensation, if it is found to be at fault. let's hear now from some of the sub—postmasters whose lives were ruined by this scandal. bbc breakfast spoke to a group of them this morning — here's a little...