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Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal million in fake IT worker scheme

Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme

by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
April 16, 2026
I.T. Today
3 min read

Two U.S. citizens were sentenced to seven and a half years and nine years in prison for their roles in a scheme to help the North Korean government place remote IT workers in American companies. …

Watch this video of how a job interviewer exposes a North Korean fake IT worker

by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
April 6, 2026
I.T. Today
2 min read

For the last few years, North Koreans have gotten remote jobs at hundreds Western companies pretending to be from somewhere else, using fake resumes, and sometimes with the help of American collaborators. It’s been a…