Justice Department Uncovers North Korean IT Fraud Funding Illicit Weapons Program

The U.S. Justice Department has launched another decisive strike against an insidious North Korean fraud network aimed at funding the rogue regime’s weapons programs at the expense of American businesses and national security.Announced Monday, these criminal charges expose a sprawling scheme in which thousands of remote IT workers, using stolen or fabricated identities of U.S. citizens, infiltrate American companies—many Fortune 500 giants—while being physically based in North Korea or China. Their salaries are funneled through shell companies and fraudulent accounts controlled by agents of the North Korean regime.This is more than just corporate theft. As Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg...