UK Government Pressed to Probe Auditors’ Role in Horizon Scandal

Pressure is mounting on the UK government to launch an investigation into EY as the former auditor of the Post Office during a scandal in which hundreds of sub-postmasters were convicted of stealing money based on a faulty payments tracking system.

House of Lords members criticized EY for signing off on audits of the state-owned mail firm.

“Here we have Ernst & Young certifying that the audited accounts represent a true and fair view of the Post Office’s financial state—missing a liability of £1.87 billion. What on earth were they doing?” James Arbuthnot, a conservative member of the House of ...