Fujitsu under U.K. pressure to compensate Post Office scandal victims

Japanese giant's faulty software led to wrongful conviction of over 700 people

20240110 Fujitsu and UK post office

Fujitsu's Horizon software for British post offices made it seem they should have more money than they did -- and the resulting shortfalls were blamed on postmasters. (Source photos by Reuters and AP) 

RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA, Nikkei staff writer

LONDON -- Japanese IT giant Fujitsu is facing growing calls to compensate post office operators who were wrongly prosecuted based on data from its faulty accounting software in one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in the U.K.

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