The Metropolitan Police is investigating the Post Office over potential fraud offences after the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters.
The police confirmed that it is looking into the handling of the Horizon IT scandal - "such as the monies recovered from subpostmasters as a result of prosecutions or civil actions".
Detectives are also separately looking into "potential offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice" in an investigation that was launched in January 2020.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/post-office-investigated-by-police-over-potential-fraud-offences-13042832
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The police confirmed that it is looking into the handling of the Horizon IT scandal - "such as the monies recovered from subpostmasters as a result of prosecutions or civil actions".
Detectives are also separately looking into "potential offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice" in an investigation that was launched in January 2020.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/post-office-investigated-by-police-over-potential-fraud-offences-13042832
#postoffice #postmasters #inquiry
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