Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Four U.S. citizens and a Ukrainian pleaded guilty to participating in North Korean internet technology worker and virtual currency theft schemes.
The Department of Justice announced the guilty pleas on Friday for the illegal schemes that generated funding for North Korea's armaments program and other uses at various times, from 2019 to 2024.
"Facilitators in the United States and Ukraine assisted North Korean actors with obtaining remote IT employment with U.S. companies," the DOJ said.
"The facilitators provided their own, false or stolen identities and hosted U.S. victim company-provided laptops at residences across the United States to create the false appearance that the IT workers were working domestically."
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