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Arizona woman sentenced to 8.5 years for running North Korean laptop farm

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Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

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Date Published: 2025-07-24

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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A U.S. court sentenced Christina Chapman to 102 months in prison for operating a laptop farm that enabled North Korean government-linked IT workers to secure high-paying positions at hundreds of U.S. companies using stolen identities. Chapman hosted and shipped laptops, installed remote-access software, laundered wages and transferred funds overseas; prosecutors say the scheme helped generate about $17 million for the DPRK and is tied to the Munitions Industry Department.

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