Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme

**Executive Summary:** The DOJ sentenced two U.S. residents for running laptop farms and shell companies that allowed North Korean IT workers to appear and work in the U.S., resulting in identity theft of 80+ Americans, placements at 100+ companies, theft of export-controlled data, and roughly $5M funneled to North Korea as part of a state-linked fraud and espionage scheme.