The Metropolitan Police is looking at “potential fraud offences” committed in the Horizon IT scandal.
More than 700 Post Office branch managers were accused of wrongdoing after faulty accounting software made it appear money was missing.
The Met said it was investigating possible fraud offences from these cases.
The Met said it was investigating possible fraud offences from these cases.
Neil Hudgell, a lawyer who acts for claimants, told the BBC that some of those seeking advice were former sub-postmasters who were prosecuted by the Post Office.
The Met Police said the potential offences could have been related to “monies recovered from sub-postmasters as a result of prosecutions or civil actions”.
The force has already been looking into potential offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice in relation to investigations and prosecutions carried out by the Post Office.
Two people have been interviewed under caution but nobody has been arrested since the investigation was launched in January 2020.
Between 1999 and 2015 more than 700 sub-postmasters were accused of wrongdoing based on information from a faulty accounting system, Horizon.
The Metropolitan Police is looking at “potential fraud offences” committed in the Horizon IT scandal.
The Met said it was investigating possible fraud offences from these cases.
More than 700 Post Office branch managers were accused of wrongdoing after faulty accounting software made it appear money was missing.
Neil Hudgell, a lawyer who acts for claimants, told the BBC that some of those seeking advice were former sub-postmasters who were prosecuted by the Post Office.
The Met said it was investigating possible fraud offences from these cases.
The Met said it was investigating possible fraud offences from these cases.
Neil Hudgell, a lawyer who acts for claimants, told the BBC that some of those seeking advice were former sub-postmasters who were prosecuted by the Post Office.
The Met Police said the potential offences could have been related to “monies recovered from sub-postmasters as a result of prosecutions or civil actions”.
The force has already been looking into potential offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice in relation to investigations and prosecutions carried out by the Post Office.
Two people have been interviewed under caution but nobody has been arrested since the investigation was launched in January 2020.
Between 1999 and 2015 more than 700 sub-postmasters were accused of wrongdoing based on information from a faulty accounting system, Horizon.
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