Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program, FBI says
Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program, FBI says
Federal authorities say that thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program.
Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI and Department of Justice officials said.
The Justice Department said Wednesday that IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in St. Louis and elsewhere in the U.S. have been using false identities to get the jobs. The money they earned was funneled to the North Korean weapons program, FBI leaders said at a news conference in St. Louis.
Greenberg said any company that hired freelance IT workers “more than likely” hired someone participating in the scheme.
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