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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

Fujitsu gave £2.6m payoff to former UK boss in 2020, filings suggest

A sign reading Fujitsu at the entrance of the company’s offices in Bracknell, England.
The entrance to Fujitsu’s offices in Bracknell. The company’s flawed IT system is at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

The former UK boss of Fujitsu, the technology firm whose flawed IT system is at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal, received a £2.6m payoff after standing down from the company in 2019, corporate filings suggest.

Fujitsu has come under increasing scrutiny during the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal, which led to thousands of people who owned and ran smaller post offices being falsely accused or convicted of theft or fraud between 1999 and 2015.

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