Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced in $5 Million DPRK Remote Worker Laptop Farm Scheme

The U.S. Justice Department sentenced two U.S.-based facilitators who operated a multi-year fraud supporting DPRK cyber revenue-generation: they stole identities of 80+ U.S. citizens, ran in-home "laptop farms" and KVM-based remote access to place North Korean operatives at 100+ American companies (including Fortune 500 and a defense contractor), laundered over $5M through shell companies, and enabled data exfiltration (including ITAR-controlled data), prompting seizures, prosecutions, and FBI/State Department actions plus mitigation recommendations.