Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Treasury Sanctions Crypto Launderers Behind North Korea’s Fake Workers
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned ten individuals and one company, accusing them of helping North Korea collect wages from foreign employers, many of them American, through fake identities and forged paperwork.
The workers are typically placed at legitimate firms under invented personas, sometimes with AI-generated resumes, doctored photos, or deepfake video during interviews.
Most of their pay goes back to the regime, which Treasury says uses the money to fund its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. Some of these workers have also gained access to corporate networks, where they have planted malware and taken proprietary data.
The money and crypto behind North Korean fraud
The sanctions focused less on the workers themselves than on the people who move the money. Two Russian nationals are at the center of the action.
Source: Bitcoin Magazine
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