The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of two North Korean nationals and three facilitators, including two Americans, involved in a multi-year fraudulent scheme to secure remote information technology (IT) work from U.S. companies.
The indicted North Korean nationals, Jin Sung-Il and Pak Jin-Song orchestrated the scheme, while Mexican national Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes and Americans Erick Ntekereze Prince and Emanuel Ashtor provided essential support, a press release from the DOJ stated. The facilitators helped create false identities and fabricated resumes, enabling the North Koreans to apply for and obtain remote IT jobs under false pretenses.
By concealing their true identities and locations, the DOJ said they successfully infiltrated the U.S. job market, thereby circumventing security protocols intended to protect sensitive data and infrastructure.
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