Laptop farmer behind $17M North Korean IT worker scam locked up for 8.5 years
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An Arizona resident operated a laptop farm (Oct 2020–Oct 2023) that masked overseas IT operators as U.S.-based employees, facilitating identity theft and placement of fake workers at more than 300 U.S. companies and two international firms, resulting in about $17M in fraud and alleged diversion of funds to North Korea; she was arrested, pleaded guilty, and sentenced to 102 months in prison.
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