5 Plead Guilty to Laptop Farm and ID Theft Scheme to Land North Koreans US IT Jobs

5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs

Five men have pleaded guilty to running laptop farms and providing other assistance to North Koreans to obtain remote IT work at US companies in violation of US law, federal prosecutors said. The pleas come amid a rash of similar schemes orchestrated by hacking and threat groups backed by the North Korean government. The campaigns, which ramped up nearly five years ago, aim to steal millions of dollars in job revenue and cryptocurrencies to fund…

US chips away at North Korean IT worker fraud with guilty pleas, cryptocurrency seizure

Authorities have described Pyongyang’s revenue-generating schemes as threats to U.S. national and economic security.

North Korean Virtual Currency Theft Leads To $15M Seizure - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

The Justice Department has announced major developments in its ongoing efforts to disrupt illicit financing operations linked to North Korea. Five defendants have pleaded guilty in a wide-ranging scheme involving identity fraud, remote IT employment, and large-scale virtual currency theft. The department has also initiated civil forfeiture actions totaling more than $15 million. These actions target financial networks supporting the DPRK governm…

North Korean Virtual Currency Theft Leads To $15M Seizure

The Justice Department has announced major developments in its ongoing efforts to disrupt illicit financing operations linked to North Korea. Five defendants have pleaded guilty in a wide-ranging scheme involving identity fraud, remote IT employment, and large-scale virtual currency theft. The department has also initiated civil forfeiture actions totaling more than $15 million. These actions target financial networks supporting the DPRK governm…

North Korean Hackers Linked to Poloniex, CoinsPaid Thefts

Why Is the DOJ Targeting North Korea’s USDT Laundering Network? The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to formally forfeit more than 15.1 million dollars in Tether’s USDT stablecoin seized from North Korean hackers linked to the APT38 military cyber unit. The funds were recovered earlier this year after the FBI traced stolen assets across several 2023 exchange and payment-platform hacks. The DOJ filed two civil forfeiture complaints seeking co…