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Police probe Post Office for fraud over scandal

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Published on: 08 January 2024
Published by a Law360 reporter

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Law360: Police are investigating the Post Office for 'potential fraud offences' in connection with the Horizon IT scandal amid an ongoing public inquiry into what is widely considered to be one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in English history.

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