Dozens of people suspected of criminal offences being investigated over Post Office Horizon scandal

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About 100 officers from forces across the country have been drafted in to investigate one of Britain's most widespread miscarriages of justice.

Dozens of people suspected of criminal offences in the Post Office Horizon scandal are being investigated in the largest police inquiry in history.

More than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after faulty Horizon accounting software made it look as though money was missing from their accounts.

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