North Koreans Posed as American IT Workers to Send Funds to Pyongyang: DOJ

The State Department is offering up to $5 million as a reward for information about two North Korean-controlled companies.

The Department of Justice building in Washington, on March 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A federal court indicted 14 North Korean men on Dec. 11 for allegedly using false identities to obtain remote IT jobs at U.S. companies and then sending their wages back to North Korea for weapons development programs.

The individuals were indicted in a Missouri federal court for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and committing wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.