The United States said on Wednesday it has seized 17 website domains used by North Korean information technology workers in a scheme to allegedly defraud businesses, evade sanctions and fund the development of North Korea's weapons program.
The seizures took place on Tuesday pursuant to a court order in Missouri, the U.S. Justice Department said in a
North Korea has "flooded the global marketplace with ill-intentioned information technology workers to indirectly fund its ballistic missile program," the Justice Department said on Wednesday, urging employers to be cautious.related to thousands of IT workers they accused of hiding their identities, locations and nationalities and using forged documentation to apply for jobs. They allegedly help fund Pyongyang's weapons programs, according to Washington.
The seizures of the 17 website domains followed previously sealed court-authorized seizures in October 2022 and January 2023 of about $1.5 million of revenue the same group of IT workers collected from unwitting victims as a result of their scheme, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
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