Two deals were awarded as recently as September despite outcry over Horizon scandal
The technology company at the centre of the scandal over the wrongful conviction of hundreds of Post Office staff has been awarded £1.4mn in UK public sector contracts since it said it would suspend its bidding for them. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 Post Office branch managers were convicted of charges including theft, fraud and false accounting in cases involving faulty data from Fujitsu’s Horizon software. It has been described as the UK’s biggest miscarriage of justice.
Richard Trinder, chair of the campaign group Voice of the Postmaster, said: “It is criminal that Fujitsu are being considered for any government contract in this country.” He added that the company should contribute as much as half of the £1.8bn in compensation the UK government has promised victims Fujitsu did not comment on why it was continuing to win contracts, but said it was “working with the UK government to ensure we adhere to the voluntary restrictions we put in place”.
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