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Fujitsu, facing heat over UK Post Office scandal, continues to rake in billions from government deals

Fujitsu is facing growing pressure from UK political quarters over its role in a scandal that saw hundreds of post office owners prosecuted.

Japanese tech giant Fujitsu is facing growing pressure from U.K. political quarters over its role in a scandal that saw hundreds of post office owners prosecuted for accounting discrepancies. A long, controversy-strewn independent private inquiry closed in 2015 with the Post Office itself concluding that there was no system-wide IT problems, leading the Justice for Sub-postmasters Alliance to kick-off legal action, culminating with a £58 million settlement in December 2019 — and a High Court ruling that the Horizon system wasn’t robust or reliable. “It is clear that Fujitsu faces serious questions that demand a response,” Jonathan Reynolds, Labour MP and Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade, said in Parliament this week.

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