Police are investigating “dozens of individuals” on the Put up Workplace and Fujitsu, the top of a nationwide operation has introduced.

A staff of 100 officers nationwide are potential suspects and their involvement within the Put up Workplace scandal.

Tons of of sub-postmasters had been wrongly prosecuted for stealing from their branches between 1999 and 2015 after defective Horizon software program triggered accounting errors.

Final month, Sky Information solely revealed that at the least 4 suspects had been being investigated and the offences being thought of had been these of perverting the course of justice and perjury.

A gathering has been held between senior Metropolitan Law enforcement officials and victims, together with Sir Alan Bates.

They had been knowledgeable that officers are at present sifting by way of at the least 1.5 million paperwork involving hundreds of victims.

Commander Stephen Clayman, main Operation Olympos, stated “dozens” of individuals on the Put up Workplace and Fujitsu had been being investigated.

He added: “We’ll go the place the proof takes us… our ongoing objective is the pursuit of justice”.

Three folks have been interviewed underneath warning up to now, with plans to query extra suspects in 2025.

If the Felony Prosecution Service decides that the proof customary is met, any potential trial wouldn’t be till at the least 2027.

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Former sub-postmistress Jess Kaur was wrongly accused of 36 counts of theft from her Put up Workplace in Aldridge within the West Midlands.

She suffered a psychological breakdown and tried to take her personal life because of this.

Ms Kaur stated it was “fairly disgusting” that any trial can be years away however stated she understood that the police want time to correctly examine.

“There’s not only one or two of them [to investigate] so it’ll take time,” she advised Sky Information. “I hope they do job, we do not need to rush them.”

She added, nevertheless, that “a whole bunch had been put behind bars right away” once they had been falsely accused of stealing from the Put up Workplace.

“We’ll by no means know what was occurring behind the scenes nevertheless it’s all popping out,” she stated.

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Officers from police forces throughout the UK and the Nationwide Crime Company are working collectively to research potential crimes.

Commander Stephen Clayman described former sub-postmasters and their households as being “on the coronary heart of this investigation”.

“The dimensions of the duty forward is unprecedented,” he stated, including that officers are being supported by “cutting-edge know-how” to assist work by way of proof in paperwork.

“I can not make guarantees that this might be a quick course of. An investigation of this measurement should proceed to be undertaken meticulously and methodically and can take time.

“Nonetheless, I communicate on behalf of our entire staff once I say we’ll strategy it with independence, precision and integrity.”