POL00029593 - Email chain between Ian Henderson, Alwen Lyons, Susan Crichton, Steve Allchorn and Ron Warmington Re: Spot Review 5 Response

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Message

From: Steve Allchorn I GRO i

on behalf of

Sent:

To: lan Henderson

cc: Simon Baker{~ ; Alwen Lyons

I; Pete Newsome }

Subject: In Confidence - Spot Review 5 Response

Attachments: Horizon Spot Review 5 - Response.pdf; Supporting Evidence 1.zip; Supporting Evidence 2.zip; desnethid0016-
06062013.zip

Importance: High
Sensitivity: Company Confidential

lan/Ron

Please see attached formal responses to Horizon Spot Review 5 and a series of attachments supporting the response
document.

If you have any further lines of enquiry then please contact me.

Many thanks to Pete Newsome for co-ordinating the Fujitsu response in good time.

Steve Allchorn LIT & Change Lead CPMO Manager

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imon Baker; ‘Ron Warmington‘
Subject: RE: Follow up from call

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’'m sorry for the delay in replying. There’s a lot going on at the moment...

f attach a copy of Spot Review 5 which describes the allegations that have been made.

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The emails that have been forwarded to you appear to describe matters that may be relevant to the allegation. Please
note that we are primarily interested in finding out the following:

1. What capabilities did the POL Bracknell team have? (As far as TC or Rem Out type transactions or Journal
adjustments are concerned)

2. What were the PHYSICAL or LOGICAL controls over their use of the systems available to them?

3. What audit trail is available to show the extent that they posted TC or Rem Out type transactions, or Journal
adjustments?

4. Can we reply of the COMPLETENESS of the audit trail? i.e. does it record all transactions or just transactions
meeting certain criteria? Is it protected from user manipulation?

5. What USER ID was used if TC type transactions or journal adjustments were posted?

6. Could the POL Bracknell team log on with either super user or SMPR credentials?

7. How would TC, Rem Out or Journal Adjustment type transactions executed by the POL Bracknell team be seen

by SPMR of Branches affected by those actions?
There are probably other questions / issues that will arise after you have had a preliminary look at this.
Please note that we’re not really interested in what the procedures manual says about any of this. We need to look at
whether it would be possible for a rogue employee to do what is alleged and what log files would be generated to
record that activity. Please note that I have now been provided with a second batch of employee email and { may find
other emails that are potentially relevant to this matter.
Thank you for your help with this
With best wishes

Tan R Henderson CCE CISA FCA
Advanced Forensics - London, UK

Forensic computing expert witness and electronic disclosure specialist

Website: http://advancedforensics.com
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/forensicgod
Twitter: http://twitter.com/forensicgod

CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential_and mav.also be privileged.
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delete the email and any attachments.

From: Steve Allchorn § GRO
Sent: 30 May 2013 12
To: Ian Henderson I. GRO.
Subject: FW: Follow up from call
Sensitivity: Confidential

Hi lan
V've been forwarded the email stream below however having not been party to prior conversations or spoken to Susan

as she is formally off-work I just need to understand the context of the enquiry as the email pdf’s attached are a
collection of individual instances rather than a clear line.

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My perception of what I think you need is;
1) Aclear documentation/articulation of the end-to-end Transaction Corrections process, how it is applied and the
sign-off authorities that are in place (e.g. subpostmaster acceptance etc.).

2) An understanding of how the attached email instances relate to that process and authorities.

Let me know if I’m on the right lines or not.

Thanks

Steve Allchorn I iT & Change Lead CPMO Manager

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From: Susan Crichton

Sent: 28 May 2013 15:00

To: Steve Allchorn

Cc: Alwen Lyons

Subject: FW: Follow up from call

Sensitivity: Confidential

Steve — copy of some of the emails as extracted by lan Henderson, please can you forward to FJ as appropriate.

Sent: 28 May 2013 09:
To: Susan Crichton; Alwen Lyons

Ce: rwarming@ Gro
Subject: RE: Follow up from call
Sensitivity: Confidential

Susan

lattach 11 emails from our preliminary review of the Bracknell data. Please note that I only received the second batch of
Bracknell data on Friday and it will take 3 or 4 days to process.

With best wishes

Tan R Henderson CCE CISA FCA
Advanced Forensics - London, UK

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From: Susan Crichton

Alwen Lyons

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Subject: Re: Follow up from call
Sensitivity: Confidential

Jan - thanks could you also send the details of the relevant emails to help us move forward this work next week.
Thanks
Susan

From: Ian Henderson t... .
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 09:35 AM
To: Alwen Lyons; Susan Crichton

Cc: 'Ron Warmington’
Subject: Follow up from call’

As requested, please find attached the letter from JA to JFSA received by us on 19 April
lalso attach the Rudkin Spot Review sent to POL on 10 May
With best wishes

Tan R Henderson CCE CISA FCA
Advanced Forensics - London, UK

Forensic computing expert witness and electronic disclosure specialist

Email: irht”
Website: http advancedforensics.com
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/forensicgod
Twitter: http://twitter.com/forensicgod

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