FUJ00243183 - Email chain between Chris Weil and Chris Breen re POL Fraud Investigation and Fujitsu providing a WS

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From: Weil, Chris EB363

Sent: 05/06/2024 06:15:58

To: Chris Breen (Fujitsu) .
Subject: RE: Post Office Fraud Investigatio: H

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Hi Chris,

If you could set up a teams call for 0730 hours tomorrow morning that would be great. I look forward to speaking with
you.

Kind regards,

T/DC Chris WEIL EB363

Criminal Investigations Department - Chichester C section

CID, Sussex Police, Kingsham Rd, Chichester PO19 8AD

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Hi Chris
Sorry for not replying sooner.
Shall we try 7 am when you start, or shortly thereafter?

Would you prefer to speak by telephone or on zoom or teams? I can set up a teams call if it would assist.

If telephone is better for you, my number i f

Best regards
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Chris

Chris Breen
Legal Manager - Litigation for Europe

The Lantern, 75 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 2PL

From: Weil, Chris EB363 <¢
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024

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Subject: RE: Post Otficé Fraud Tv

Hi Chris,
Thursday morning would be ideal. I start at 0700 so let me know what time would work best for you.

Kind regards,

T/DC Chris WEIL EB363
Criminal Investigations Department - Chichester C section

CID, Sussex Police, Kingsham Rd, Chichester PO19 8AD

From: Chris Breen (Fujitsu;
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024 3:36 PM
To: Weil, Chris EB363;}_. 7 7"
Subject: RE: Post Office Fraud Investigation: GFF

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Hi Chris
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Yes, I generally work Monday to Friday.

Today is a bit tight but I can do Wednesday after 1 PM, Thursday is mainly clear, as is Friday. Hopefully that gives you
options.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards

Chris

Chris Breen
Legal Manager - Litigation for Europe

From: Weil, Chris EB363
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024
To: Breen, Chris
Subject: RE: Post Office Fraud Investigation }

Hi Chris,

Many thanks for getting back to me so quickly and for the summary of what you can facilitate. I am happy to arrange a
call with you to discuss this matter in more detail. Due to working shifts I will send you some potential dates, presuming
you work Monday — Friday.

Today: 31/05/2024 14:00 - 22:00
Wednesday: 05/06/2024 07:00 - 16:00
Thursday: 06/06/2024 07:00 - 16:00
Friday: 07/06/2024 07:00 — 16:00

For reference I am less likely to be committed to an urgent job for the first 2 hours of each shift, however, please
provide me with a date and time which works for you, and I will try to accommodate.

Kind regards,
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T/DC Chris WEIL EB363

Criminal Investigations Department - Chichester C section

CID, Sussex Police, Kingsham Rd, Chichester PO19 8AD.

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From: Chris Breen (Fujitsu): _ .
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024 2:00 PM
To: Weil, Chris EB363!
Subject: RE: Post Office Frau

Investigation

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Hi Chris
Thank you for your message.

lam the right person for you to contact within Fujitsu Services Limited in the first instance for this sort of matter. By way
of introduction, I am a solicitor in Fujitsu’s legal team and have been supporting Fujitsu Services Limited as a Core
Participant in the ongoing Post Office IT Horizon Inquiry.

I think it would be helpful for us to have a call on the phone (or on zoom or teams) to discuss your request.

In summary, Fujitsu Services Limited does not provide witness statements attesting generally to the reliability /
trustworthiness of the Horizon System. This is it would amount to expert IT opinion evidence which FSL cannot provide
independently as it has designed, developed, implemented and currently supports the system.

Moreover, any complex large IT system like Horizon will have bugs, errors and defects present at any one time and an
investigation is required to ascertain whether such bugs, errors or defects could have operated to cause discrepancies /
transactions that are the subject of suspicion. Remote access powers also exist to the system and would need to be
examined to ascertain if they could have impacted the matters under investigation.

We will co-operate with the Police to help you to identify and thereafter produce records to facilitate your
investigations. If witness of fact evidence is required from Fujitsu personnel, we will need to take that through internal
governance and provide legal assistance to the witness(es) when their evidence is taken.

Best regards

Chris
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Chris Breen
Legal Manager - Litigation for Europe

The Lantern, 75 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 2PL

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From: Weil, Chris EB36:
Sent: Thursday, May 30,
To: Breen, Chris ¢~ GRO
Subject: Post Office Fraud inv
Hi Chris,

The Post Office investigation team provided me with you email in order to provide a statement attesting to the reliability
and trustworthiness of the new Horizon system (post 2015). I’m not sure if you have a standardised report for this?
However, if you are willing to provide a statement on the matter, please let me know. You can also send over the

content you would like in the statement so I can convert it into an official statement and send it back to you remotely for
signing.

Kind regards,

T/DC Chris WEIL EB363
Criminal Investigations Department - Chichester C section

CID, Sussex Police, Kingsham Rd, Chichester PO19 8AD.

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96056); Fujitsu EMEA PLC (registered in England No 2216100) both with registered offices at: Lovelace Road,
Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 8SN; PFU (EMEA) Limited, (registered in England No 1578652) registered offices
at: Belmont, Belmont Road, Uxbridge, England, UB8 1HE and Fujitsu Research of Europe Ltd (registered in
England No. 4153469) 4th Floor, Building 3, Hyde Park Hayes, 11 Millington Road, Hayes, UB3 4AZ.

This email is only for the use of its intended recipient. Its contents are subject to a duty of confidence and may
be privileged. Fujitsu does not guarantee that this email has not been intercepted and amended or that it is virus-
free.

Unless otherwise stated, this email has been sent from Fujitsu Services Limited (registered in England No
96056); Fujitsu EMEA PLC (registered in England No 2216100) both with registered offices at: Lovelace Road,
Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 8SN; PFU (EMEA) Limited, (registered in England No 1578652) registered offices
at: Belmont, Belmont Road, Uxbridge, England, UB8 1HE and Fujitsu Research of Europe Ltd (registered in
England No. 4153469) 4th Floor, Building 3, Hyde Park Hayes, 11 Millington Road, Hayes, UB3 4AZ.

This email is only for the use of its intended recipient. Its contents are subject to a duty of confidence and may
be privileged. Fujitsu does not guarantee that this email has not been intercepted and amended or that it is virus-
free.