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Fujitsu has agreed to contribute to the compensation of sub-postmasters affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal, according to the head of its European division.
Paul Patterson said Fujitsu was “truly sorry” for its involvement in the affair and acknowledged there was a “moral obligation for the company to contribute” to redress for sub-postmasters prosecuted by the Post Office using data from the Japanese company’s faulty Horizon IT system.
“We were involved from the very start, we did have bugs and errors in the system and we did help the Post Office in the prosecution of sub-postmasters,” he told MPs on Tuesday.
The UK government has set aside £1bn in compensation for the more than 4,000 people affected by the scandal, including at least 700 prosecuted by the Post Office between 2000 and 2014 using Horizon data.
Last week, Prime Minister…
