Scammed By The State

Cheat! by Sony Music

Feb 28, 202337:03Society & Culture

How did a trusted British institution manage to have over 600 people convicted for crimes they didn’t commit? In the early 2000’s, the UK Postal Service brought in a new IT system to manage accounts - Horizon. But when a...

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