US Cracks Down on North Korean Remote IT Worker Funding Scheme

US busts network that helped North Koreans obtain remote IT work

Washington (AFP) July 1, 2025 The United States said Monday it has taken down a network that allegedly helped North Koreans obtain remote IT work with companies to raise millions of dollars in funds for the sanctioned country's weapons program. US national Zhenxing Wang of New Jersey has been arrested and six Chinese nationals and two Taiwan citizens have been indicted for their alleged roles in the scheme, the Justice D

Pyongyang slams US indictment of 4 N. Koreans in wire fraud as 'absurd smear campaign'

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North Korean Remote Workers at U.S. Firms Funneled Millions Into Weapons Programs.

PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged multiple individuals in a scheme where North Korea sent IT workers with fake identities to get remote jobs at U.S. companies. The wages were secretly funneled back to fund North Korea’s weapons program. Several Chinese and Taiwanese nationals were charged, and sensitive U.S. data may have been accessed.WHO WAS INVOLVED: North Korean government, U.S. tech companies, DOJ.WHEN & WHE…

Inside the North Korean scheme to funnel US wages into weapons funding

Federal prosecutors charged several people who posed as IT workers to funnel U.S. wages to North Korea’s nuclear program.

U.S. Target North Korean IT Worker Scams with Raids, Indictments

The DOJ announced a far-reaching operation that aimed to knock out a substantial number of North Korean IT worker scams that have victimized more than 100 U.S. companies that unwittingly hired North Korean operatives as remote workers, who then stole data and money to support the Pyongyang regime. The post U.S. Target North Korean IT Worker Scams with Raids, Indictments appeared first on Security Boulevard.

DOJ Announces Indictments in Takedown of North Korean Remote Worker Operation

Nine people, including six Chinese nationals, were indicted in Boston for allegedly taking part in a scheme that raised at least $5 million to be funneled to North Korea and its weapons of mass destruction program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on June 30. The defendants were accused of running the scheme to help remote North Korean IT workers obtain jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies, including many Fo…