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US indicts five individuals in crackdown on North Korea’s illicit IT workforce

Last updated: January 24, 2025 2:26 am
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U.S. Authorities Indict Five Individuals in North Korean IT Worker Scheme

Recently, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of five individuals involved in a multi-year North Korean IT worker scheme. The indicted individuals include North Korean citizens Jin Sung-Il and Pak Jin-Song, Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes of Mexico, and U.S. nationals Erick Ntekereze Prince and Emanuel Ashtor.

According to the DOJ, Ntekereze and Ashtor were arrested by the FBI, and a search of Ashtor’s residence in North Carolina uncovered evidence of a “laptop farm” used to deceive organizations into believing they had hired workers in the U.S. Alonso was also apprehended in the Netherlands following a U.S. warrant.

The indictment reveals that Ntekereze and Ashtor installed remote access software on company-provided devices, enabling North Koreans to conceal their locations. Additionally, the Americans provided Jin and Pak with forged identity documents, such as U.S. passports and bank accounts.

Over the course of the scheme, the defendants secured employment with at least 64 American companies, including a financial institution, a technology company in San Francisco, and an IT organization in Palo Alto. The revenue generated from ten of these companies amounted to a minimum of $866,255, with a significant portion laundered through a Chinese bank account.

Devin DeBacker, a supervisory official with the Justice Department’s National Security Division, emphasized the commitment to disrupting North Korea’s cyber-enabled sanctions-evading activities. These schemes aim to deceive U.S. companies into financing the North Korean regime’s priorities, including weapons programs.

In addition to the recent indictments, the FBI issued a warning regarding the escalating malicious activities of North Korean IT workers, including data extortion. These individuals exploit unlawful access to company networks to steal proprietary and sensitive data, facilitate cyber-criminal operations, and conduct revenue-generating activities on behalf of the regime.

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