'Real and Immediate Threat': North Korean Operatives Accused of Infiltrating US Firms

Four North Koreans Charged in Nearly $1 Million Cryptocurrency Theft Scheme

ATLANTA – Four North Korean nationals, Kim Kwang Jin (김관진), Kang Tae Bok (강태복), Jong Pong Ju (정봉주), and Chang Nam Il (창남일), have been charged in a five-count wire fraud and money laundering indictment arising from a scheme to be hired as remote IT workers and then steal and launder over $900,000 in virtual currency. “The defendants used fake and stolen personal identities to conceal their North Korean nationality, pose as remote IT workers, and …

North Korea duped U.S. companies in tech-worker scheme to fund weapons program, Justice Department says

The scheme involved thousands of workers who were dispatched by the North Korean government to find work as remote IT employees at American companies.

'Real and immediate threat': North Korean operatives accused of infiltrating US firms

The United States says it has taken down a network that allegedly helped North Koreans obtain remote IT work with companies to raise millions of dollars in...

US Brings Charges in North Korean Remote Worker Scheme that Officials Say Funds Weapons Program

The charges are part of what law enforcement officials described as a nationwide operation that also resulted in the seizure of financial accounts, websites and laptops that were used to carry out the fraud.

US government takes down major North Korean 'remote IT workers' operation

US prosecutors indicated a total of 13 people involved in the fraudulent scheme to steal and launder money for North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.