Arizona Woman Gets 8 Years in Prison for Running ‘Laptop Farm’ for North Koreans

Christina Chapman, age 50, was sentenced to eight years in prison and other fines for defrauding 309 U.S. businesses in collaboration with North Koreans.
Arizona Woman Gets 8 Years in Prison for Running ‘Laptop Farm’ for North Koreans
The North Korean flag flies above the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 28, 2018. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—A woman from Arizona has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for helping North Korean technology workers steal the identities of U.S. citizens to obtain employment in the country.

Christina Marie Chapman, aged 50, was a resident of Litchfield Park in Arizona—a suburb of Phoenix—who created a “laptop farm” at her home, where she would receive computers shipped by U.S. corporations allegedly to their “virtual employees” and operate them with U.S.-based IP addresses.

Arjun Singh
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Arjun Singh is a reporter for The Epoch Times, covering national politics and the U.S. Congress.
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