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- The U.S. Department of Justice announced five people pleaded guilty to North Korean IT worker fraud, including four Americans and one Ukrainian.
- The scheme allowed North Koreans to pose as remote IT employees, impacting 136 U.S. companies and generating over $2.2 million.
- Defendants hosted company laptops at their homes and helped North Koreans pass employer vetting.
- The DOJ is pursuing $15 million in stolen cryptocurrency linked to these operations.
