The Justice Department said Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong pleaded guilty to wire-fraud conspiracy for letting China-based conspirators use his identity, employment access, and employer-issued laptops to perform remote software-development work for U.S. companies. In one 2023 case, the scheme gave an overseas actor access to a Virginia technology company and FAA-related systems after Vong obtained a role requiring U.S. citizenship and a PIV card. Vong admitted similar fraud against at least 13 U.S. companies from 2021 to 2024, with more than $970,000 in salaries paid for work performed by Doe or other overseas conspirators. The release connects the prosecution to DOJ's DPRK RevGen domestic-enabler effort against laptop-farm style abuse, but the charged facts in the excerpt center on China-based conspirators rather than alleging a named DPRK actor.