What really burns me
about all this is that in my line of business (aerospace manufacturing) we have a rule that anyone can challenge or stop production if they dont like the results, or have a query about the results.
So from Jim the operator through me to the QA manager , anyone can stop the machines at any time to sort a quality issue out on the basis its cheaper to fix a problem before it escapes to the customer or gets to an aircraft.
The boss does not like it, but it was his plan for quality ..
The guys at fuckitso were altering data on the horizons system when challenged by the postmasters yet no one said "STOP", the QA guys must have been aware of the issues and brought them up with the manglement , yet they did'nt say "STOP" and the manglement at fuckitso were happily going "Its fine.. its fine" even in court when they had e.mails saying the systems fucked.
The PO lawyers were seeing the results from postmasters eg week 1 25k in takings, week 2 25k in takings , week 3 75k in takings, week 4 25k in takings, and yet the post office records show only 100K turned up in the po accounts that month. therefore 50K must have been stolen rather than 'hold on... double check week 3"
So as far as I'm concerned both fuckitso and PO manglement should be in the dock in front of a judge and jury explaining why they sent innocent people to jail when they knew the evidence in the case was bollocks.
Postscript: If we were caught falsifying records like that, we'd lose all the aerospace business in a heartbeat and more than likely have the costs of replacing everything we've made over the past couple of years..... then bankruptcy... .... check out when BNFL Sellerfield did that sort of thing with the MOX fuel pellets they were supplying to various customers...