DOJ raided laptop farms in 16 states to disrupt a North Korean remote IT fraud network.

The Department of Justice conducted coordinated searches of 29 laptop farms across 16 states, targeting a scheme in which North Korean nationals posed as US IT workers. The foreign operation used stolen and fictitious identities, front companies, and proxy hardware to evade sanctions and funnel more than $88 million to Pyongyang. Authorities seized 29 financial accounts, 21 websites, and 137 laptops, arrested one US national, and indicted participants in the US, China, Taiwan, and North Korea. Microsoft suspended thousands of suspect accounts as experts urged tighter controls on remote hiring.

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