US EditionNorth Korean nationals indicted in scheme using IT workers to funnel money for weapons programs
- The Department of Justice accused 14 North Korean nationals of conspiring to use false identities to get IT jobs with U.S. Companies and siphon money back to their home country in violation of U.S. Sanctions.
- The indictment filed Wednesday in Missouri federal court alleged that the conspiracy generated at least $88 million between April 2017 and March 2023.
- All 14 defendants are charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as well as conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft.
- To hide their identities from U.S. Employers, the conspirators applied for jobs using stolen identities belonging to Americans, prosecutors said.
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A network of cyber-espionage linked to the North Korean regime used false identities for fourteen of its citizens to work remotely in U.S. technology companies, diverting more than $88 million between 2017 and 2023. According to a report by the Department of Justice (DOJ), revenues were used to develop ballistic missiles and weapons:Read more]]>
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