Fujitsu’s finance chief apologises to victims of Post Office IT scandal

Tech firm says it will wait for inquiry into Horizon fallout to near end before deciding on compensation

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Bosses at Fujitsu have apologised to the wrongfully convicted Post Office workers and their families involved in the Horizon IT scandal and said it would work out the amount of compensation when the direction of the public inquiry became clear.

Earlier this month, executives at Fujitsu told MPs it would contribute to compensation payments to post office operators who were wrongfully convicted after failures in the Horizon IT software made by the Japanese tech firm made it look like money was missing from their shops.