A Tennessee man has been arrested for allegedly working to raise money for North Korea’s weapons program, according to the Justice Department. The 38-year-old man is accused of aiding North Korean workers in posing as US citizens to secure employment at American and British tech companies. The scheme also involved laundering money earned by the workers to financial accounts linked to individuals in North Korea and China.
The man allegedly operated a “laptop farm” from his residences in Nashville, providing North Koreans with access to US internet connections to make it seem like they were working from the US instead of China. This fraudulent operation reportedly defrauded various US media, tech, and financial companies, resulting in significant financial losses.
