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A New Jersey man was arrested on a five-count indictment accusing him and co-conspirators of working remote technology jobs based in the United States in to defraud companies, a press release from the United States Department of Justice said Monday.
Zhenxing “Danny” Wang was allegedly involved in the multi-year fraud scheme that saw a $5 million in revenue.
Wang is accused of hosting “a laptop farm for North Korean actors,” according to the press release.
Multiple Chinese nationals were also charged in the scheme, along with another US citizen named Kejia “Tony” Wang of New Jersey.
“The threat posed by DPRK operatives is both real and immediate. Thousands of North Korean cyber operatives have been trained and deployed by the regime to blend into the global digital workforce and systematically target U.S. companies,” U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley for the District of Massachusetts said in the press release. “We will continue to work relentlessly to protect U.S. businesses and ensure they are not inadvertently fueling the DPRK’s unlawful and dangerous ambitions.”
The scheme included more than 80 people working at over 100 U.S. companies that included some Fortune 500 companies, the release said.
This is a breaking news story. Updates to come.