New Jersey men given lengthy sentences for running North Korean laptop farms

Two New Jersey men were sentenced to nine years and nearly eight years for running a laptop-farm scheme that helped North Korean IT workers gain employment at over 100 U.S. companies and funneled more than $5 million to the DPRK. The operation used stolen U.S. identities and KVM-controlled laptops to enable remote access and data theft, including ITAR-controlled source code from a California defense contractor. #KejiaWang #ZhenxingWang

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Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang were sentenced to nine years and nearly eight years in prison for orchestrating the scheme.
The defendants ran laptop farms and used KVM switches to give overseas actors remote control of hundreds of corporate devices.
The group stole about 80 U.S. identities to place North Korean workers at more than 100 U.S. companies, causing around $3 million in corporate losses.
Stolen data included ITAR-controlled source code from a California defense contractor, posing national security risks.
Both men pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering, and identity theft, will forfeit $600,000, and DOJ has issued a $5 million reward for additional suspects.