'Cash lying around' might have led sub-postmasters 'into temptation', ex-Post Office bosses argue

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Senior executives at the Post Office suggested that "lots and lots of cash lying around in unexpected places" might have meant sub-postmasters were led "into temptation", rather than accept IT failings, an official inquiry has heard.

The hearing into faulty Horizon IT software at the Post Office, and the associated prosecution of hundreds of sub-postmasters for theft and false accounting, heard evidence from former North East Hampshire MP Lord Arbuthnot.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/lord-arbuthnot-says-post-office-bosses-blamed-temptation-of-cash-lying-around-rather-than-accept-it-faults-13112080

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