The sending people to jail option also included demanding postmasters pay £1,000s to the Post Office for money that the Post Office (wrongly) alleged had been stolen. It could have been the profitable option.
I suppose then the high compensations and prizes for the initiators of such a grand business scam^Widea appear more than justified.
Cue the McKinsey analyst that did “the cost of an overdose death vs revenue from pushing doctors to over-prescribe” slide for the Purdue family…
"A McKinsey and Deloitte consultant are asked to seat a classroom of children, but there are fewer chairs than kids. The Deloitte consultant recommends buying more chairs. The McKinsey consultant recommends killing the excess kids."
Excuse me. That's not 'killing' them, that's "rightsizing" the class.