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Five Plead Guilty in North Korean IT Worker Fraud Scheme
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Five individuals have pleaded guilty to facilitating North Korean operatives in obtaining remote IT jobs at U.S. companies by using false and stolen identities. The U.S. Department of Justice has also seized $15 million in cryptocurrency linked to these fraudulent activities, which are part of a broader scheme to generate illicit revenue for North Korea.
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