Two Americans jailed for aiding North Korea’s laptop-farm remote-work scheme
TL;DR
Two U.S. nationals, Knoot and Prince, were sentenced to 18 months in prison each for running laptop-farm schemes that helped North Korean IT workers fraudulently obtain remote jobs at about 70 U.S. companies, using stolen identities and remote-desktop access. The scheme led to over $1 million in salaries and remediation costs for victim companies. Knoot must pay $15,100 in restitution and forfeit $15,100, while Prince must forfeit $89,000. This sentencing is part of a broader federal crackdown on North Korea’s illicit revenue operations.
Topics:businesscrime#crime#federal-sentencing#identity-theft#laptop-farm#north-korea#remote-employment
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