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The US Department of Justice announced on Monday that it had taken many executive measures against North Korea’s money raising operations Record on information technology workers about a distance within American technology companies To raise funds for the system nuclear weapons program, as well as to steal data and cryptocurrencies.

As part of the multiple efforts of the Ministry of Justice, the government announced the arrest The indictment Among the United States of Zhenxing “Danny” Wang, which was claimed to have been running a year -old fraud plan from New Jersey to infiltrate information technology workers in remote North Korea within American technology companies. According to the indictment, the plan made more than $ 5 million of North Korean regime revenues.

Wang is accused of conspiring to commit wire fraud, money laundering and stealing identity.

Federal reserve also He accused eight other people Those who participated in the plan: Six Chinese citizens and two Taiwanese citizens, accused of conspiracy to commit fraud, money laundering, stealing identity, piracy, and violating penalties.

It was quoted by Lea B. Foley, the American lawyer in the Massachusetts Province, said: “Thousands of North Korean Internet agents have been trained and published by the system to mix in the global digital workforce and systematically target American companies.”

From 2021 to 2024, he claimed that the participating conspirators had mudget more than 80 American individuals for remote jobs in more than 100 American companies, causing damage to $ 3 million due to legal fees, data breach treatment efforts, and more.

The group is said to have operated laptop farms inside the United States, which North Korea’s information technology workers can use mainly as agents to hide their source, according to the Ministry of Justice. Sometimes, they used devices known as KWM keyboard keys (KVM)Which allows one person to control multiple computers from one keyboard and mouse. The Ministry of Justice said that the group also runs the Shell companies inside the United States to make them seem as if IT workers in North Korea were affiliated with legitimate local companies, and receiving the money that will be transferred after that abroad.

It is claimed that the fraudulent plan also includes North Korean workers stealing sensitive data, such as the source code, from the companies they were working for, such as a defensive contractor whose name in California is “developing equipment and techniques working with artificial intelligence.”

The Ministry of Justice said that the FBI had conducted searches earlier in June 21 locations in 14 states, which are allegedly hosting the laptop farms used in the North Korea scheme. The FBI seized 137 laptops as a result of raids.

The Federal Reserve also said they seized at least 21 areas on the Internet, 29 financial accounts used to wash tens of thousands of dollars, and more than 70 laptops and remote access devices, including KVMS.

The Ministry of Justice said that five citizens from North Korea were accused of fraud and money laundering after they stole more than 900,000 dollars from the two companies from two companies whose name was not revealed, thanks to their use of fake or stolen identities.