US Cracks Down on North Korean Remote IT Worker Funding Scheme

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.

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…

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…

DOJ arrests North Korean operative for running fraudulent IT team

The Department of Justice arrested one person and charged over a dozen more in connection with a fraudulent information technology scam that funded the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea. United States Attorneys from Massachusetts and Georgia allege that North…

US disrupts North Korean IT worker "laptop farm" scheme in 16 states

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced coordinated law enforcement actions against North Korean government's fund raising operations using remote IT workers.

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.