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North Korea allegedly made millions from US companies through remote work scheme (www.bbc.com)

submitted 4 days ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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A federal court in St Louis has indicted 14 North Koreans for allegedly being part of a long-running conspiracy aimed at extorting funds from US companies and funneling money to Pyongyang's weapons programmes.

The wider scheme allegedly involves thousands of North Korean IT workers who use false, stolen, and borrowed identities from people in the US and other countries to get hired and work remotely for US firms.

The indictement says the defendants and others working with them generated at least $88m (£51.5m) for the North Korean regime over a six-year period.

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The prosecutors say the suspects worked for two North Korean-controlled companies - China-based Yanbian Silverstar and Russia-based Volasys Silverstar.

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[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 1 points 3 days ago

Depending on the validity of the article, they also did a little extortion in addition to just working, so not just having a job. Not saying that wasn't part of their job on the NK side, but the salary wasn't the only money involved.