Nail salon employee pleads guilty after holding 13 remote IT jobs worked by developers in China

Nail salon employee pleads guilty after holding 13 remote IT jobs worked by developers in China

Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, 40, of Bowie, Maryland will be sentenced in August after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud this month. Vong’s guilty plea is the latest intrigue in what authorities say is a vast fake IT worker scheme that funds North Korea’s illegal nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program. Authorities alleged Vong essentially rented out his U.S. identity to developers based in China who used it to get more than a …