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US indicts five individuals in crackdown on North Korea’s illicit IT workforce


The multi-year scheme saw the defendants generate hundreds of thousands in revenue.

U.S. authorities have indicted five people over their alleged involvement in a multi-year scheme that saw them obtain remote IT employment with dozens of American companies. The Department of Justice on Thursday announced the indictment of North Korean citizens Jin Sung-Il and Pak Jin-Song; Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes of Mexico, and U.S. nationals Erick Ntekereze Prince and Emanuel Ashtor. According to the indictment, Ntekereze and Ashtor allegedly installed remote access software, including Anydesk and TeamViewer, on the company-provided devices, allowing the North Koreans to conceal their locations.

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