- In a landmark sentencing, an alleged American accomplice in the North Korean IT workers scheme was sent to federal prison for nearly nine years. Thursday’s sentencing proved a pivotal moment in the U.S. battle against North Korean sanctions evasion tactics that have claimed up to $600 million annually in a coordinated attack on U.S. and European companies.
Christina Chapman, 50, an Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to charges connected to the global North Korean IT workers scheme, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss also ordered Chapman to forfeit proceeds of $284,000 that was to be paid to the North Koreans. She was also ordered to pay a judgement of $176,850—the same amount she charged North Koreans for her help in the scheme that authorities said was one of the largest IT worker conspiracies charged by the Department of Justice.
