YOKOHAMA -- The Kanagawa prefectural police sent papers to prosecutors Wednesday on a Japan-based South Korean man and a woman with Korean heritage for allegedly transferring money to a China-based North Korean software developer illegally.
The North Korean man, believed to be in his 40s and based in Liaoning Province in China, was contracted to develop smartphone apps for Japanese firms under the name of the South Korean, a 57-year-old taxi driver living in Yokohama who is an acquaintance of the developer.
The payments for the work were transferred to the man in China via the accounts of the South Korean and the woman, a 75-year-old Tokyo resident who is related to the North Korean, the police said.
