US federal courts jail two Americans for running North Korean laptop farms
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Updated · NK News · May 7
US federal courts jail two Americans for running North Korean laptop farms
7 articles · Updated · NK News · May 7
Matthew Issac Knoot of Nashville and Erick Ntekereze Prince of New York each received 18-month sentences in separate cases announced by the Justice Department on Wednesday.
Prosecutors said they hosted company-issued laptops at their homes so North Korean IT workers could pose as US-based hires and access victim firms remotely.
Authorities said the yearslong scheme generated more than $1.2 million for Pyongyang and helped fund North Korea's weapons programmes.
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