Prosecutors said some of the affected companies were Fortune 500 corporations, including a major TV network, a defense company, and a car maker.
Washington â An Arizona woman has been accused of conspiring with people tied to the North Korean government to illegally procure remote telework posts with U.S. companies, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Christina Chapman allegedly worked with North Korean IT workers Jiho Han, Chunji Jin, Haoran Xu and others as part of a scheme to steal the identities of U.S. citizens and gain remote employment at American corporations using those false identities, charging documents said.
and later facilitated the laundering of their salaries. The government accused her of operating a 'laptop farm' in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to get some of the workers hired by U.S. government agencies. Han, Jin, and Xu are tied to North Koreans Munitions Industry Department â according to a State Department memo offering $5 million for information leading to the disruption of the scheme â which deals with ballistic missile and weapons production.
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