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Either this is a massive failure on the government's part, or something else is going on. I can't believe that the ledger doesn't match the balance, and that that still doesn't count as proof that there's a bug.

They had recorded transactions happening at times when the branch was closed and noone could possibly be at the terminal, yet the guy was still sent to prison

Folks from Fujitsu, creators of the system, claimed i court that the system was flawless, and, apparently, were taken at their word.

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