The Post Office in the UK introduced a new internal application called Horizon (developed by Fujitsu) in 1999, which uncovered widespread fraud in the various p

The Post Office in the UK introduced a new internal application called Horizon (developed by Fujitsu) in 1999, which uncovered widespread fraud in the various post offices. This lead to approximately 900 people being successfully prosecuted for theft and fraud, some of whom were jailed, and several of whom committed suicide. Except as it turns out, people were innocent, and the software was flawed. This was known by the Post Office for years, but covered up. After years of investigation reports, court cases and now an inquiry, it's only recently received widespread media attention, and some of the people involved are starting to receive compensation. It's one of the biggest miscarriages of justice ever to have happened in the UK, and no one involved in the false prosecutions or coverup has been charged. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal