North Korean Nationals Charged in Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme

Fourteen nationals of North Korea were charged in long-running conspiracies to violate US sanctions and to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

According to the DOJ, the conspirators, who worked for North Korea-controlled companies Yanbian Silverstar and Volasys Silverstar, conspired to use false, stolen, and borrowed identities to conceal their North Korean identities and foreign locations and obtain employment as remote information technology workers for US companies and nonprofit organizations.

The DOJ said the conspirators generated at least $88 million throughout the approximately six-year conspiracy. In multiple instances, the conspirators supplemented their ...