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Maryland Man Sentenced for Scheme Allowing Foreign Access to US Gov’t Systems

The defendant is accused of ‘using false identities on behalf of North Korea to infiltrate American companies,’ an FBI official said.
Maryland Man Sentenced for Scheme Allowing Foreign Access to US Gov’t Systems
The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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A Maryland man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for illegally helping individuals in China land remote U.S. information technology (IT) jobs on behalf of North Korea, the Department of Justice announced on Dec. 4.
Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to prosecutors, the fraud scheme lasted from 2021 to 2024, during which Vong used fraudulent misrepresentations to obtain jobs with at least 13 different U.S. companies and four U.S. government agencies, but the jobs were completed by coconspirators based in China.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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