Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced for Facilitating Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Scheme that Generated $5M in Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

2026-04-15 USJustice

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-us-nationals-sentenced-facilitating-fraudulent-remote-information-technology-worker

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The Justice Department said Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang were sentenced for helping North Korean remote IT workers pose as U.S. residents and obtain jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies. The scheme used stolen identities of at least 80 U.S. persons, shell companies, financial accounts, hosted company laptops, and KVM-enabled remote access to support overseas workers and move proceeds. DOJ said the operation generated more than $5 million for the DPRK, caused at least $3 million in victim-company damages, and gave workers access to sensitive employer data and source code. One overseas co-conspirator allegedly accessed ITAR-controlled technical data from a California defense contractor, making the activity a national-security and sanctions-evasion concern rather than only hiring fraud. The case also documented seizures of domains, financial accounts, laptops, and remote access devices tied to the IT-worker facilitation network.

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