2 New Jersey Men Sentenced to Prison for North Korean Fraud Scheme

‘The defendants enriched themselves by assisting North Korean actors in a fraudulent scheme to gain employment with U.S. companies,’ a U.S. official said.

The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Two Americans from New Jersey have been sentenced for their roles in a remote worker fraud that funneled about $5 million in wages from U.S. companies to North Korea and its weapons of mass destruction programs, according to federal prosecutors.

A federal court in Boston sentenced Wang “Tony” Kejia, 42, to nine years in prison on April 15, and Wang “Danny” Zhenxing, 39, to more than seven years in prison on April 14, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.