North Korea IT Scheme Revealed
Headlines With A Voice reports that federal prosecutors have uncovered thousands of information technology employees working remotely for U.S. companies, who have for years sent millions of dollars to North Korea under the radar.
The DOJ said the money has for years gone directly to funding the North Korea weapons program. They said the 17 website domains were used by the North Korea IT workers in a scheme to defraud the U.S. and foreign businesses to evade sanctions, as well as to fund the country’s ballistic missiles program. Here’s more.