Horizon scandal: More than £1m claimed as Post Office 'profit' may have come from sub-postmasters

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Sky's Adele Robinson is shown evidence that large sums of money, which could yet be shown to have come from sub-postmasters, was channelled to a Post Office profit and loss account at the height of the IT scandal.

More than £1m of unexplained transactions were transferred in to Post Office profit at the height of the Horizon scandal, leaked documents have shown. The papers, seen by Sky News, show a snapshot of transfers from a Post Office 'miscellaneous client' suspense account over a four-year period, up to 2014. A suspense account is where unexplained, or disputed, transactions remain until they are able to be 'reconciled'.

In the conference call, there are signs the relationship between the Post Office and Second Sight was beginning to weaken. There is discussion about a contractual confidentiality agreement, a 'letter of engagement' between the parties. In the recording, Ian Henderson says: 'Either, you know, we have unfettered discretion and authorisation to just talk to MPs or we haven't. 'At the moment, the way the document is drafted, we are prevented from doing that. That's the issue.

 

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