Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2025
Five pleaded guilty to aiding North Korea ’s illicit revenue via IT worker fraud, violating international sanctions. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that five people have pleaded guilty to helping North Korea secretly generate revenue by running illegal IT-worker schemes that violated international sanctions. The individuals – Audricus Phagnasay (24), Jason Salazar (30), Alexander […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2025
Arizona woman gets 8 years for helping North Korea-linked threat actors to infiltrate 309 U.S. firms with fake IT jobs. Christina Marie Chapman (50) from Arizona, was sentenced to 102 months in prison for aiding North Korean IT workers in infiltrating 309 U.S. companies. She pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 09, 2025
US seeks to seize $7.74M in crypto linked to North Korean fake IT worker schemes, per a new DOJ forfeiture complaint. The DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint for $7.74M in crypto tied to North Korean fake IT worker schemes linked to the indictment of North Korean Foreign Trade Bank (FTB) representative Sim Hyon Sop. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2023
The U.S. government seized 17 website domains used by North Korean IT workers in a fraudulent scheme to defraud businesses worldwide. The U.S. government announced the seizure of 17 website domains used by North Korean information technology (IT) workers as part of a fraudulent scheme illicit scheme to defraud businesses worldwide. The illicit funds defraud U.S. and […]
Security / November 21, 2025
Hacking / November 21, 2025
