"Matthew Issac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince, two U.S. nationals, were sentenced to 18 months in prison for their roles in facilitating North Korea's IT workers scheme. They received and hosted laptops at their residences to dupe U.S. companies into thinking the workers were based in the U.S., impacting over 70 companies and generating $1.2 million for North Korea."
Two U.S. nationals, Knoot and Prince, were sentenced to 18 months in prison for running laptop farms that tricked U.S. companies into thinking North Korean IT workers were based in the U.S. The schemes impacted over 70 companies and generated $1.2 million for North Korea. FBI and Justice Department will continue to disrupt North Korea's funding schemes.
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