$5 Million Reward on Information About North Korean Extortioners – IOTW Report

$5 Million Reward on Information About North Korean Extortioners

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The State Department is offering $5 million for information on 14 North Korean nationals indicted Thursday in a scheme using IT workers with false identities to work for U.S. companies.

The workers, who were hired as remote employees in the United States, sent their wages to North Korea, according to the head of the FBI office in St. Louis, Ashley Johnson.

The scheme, which officials said involved at least 130 people, generated $88 million for the North Korean government, according to the indictment.

Their actions helped to support North Korea’s proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, U.S. officials said. More

4 Comments on $5 Million Reward on Information About North Korean Extortioners

  1. Those drones harrassing public officials are a GIANT warning that EVERY bad actor is not only in the US, but well entrenched in our government. But for Trump and his avoiding assassination…

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