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US Government takes down major North Korean 'remote IT workers' operation
- gottorf 1y ago> the government announced the arrest and indictment of U.S. national Zhenxing “Danny” Wang > The feds also indicted eight more people who participated in the scheme: six Chinese nationals and two Taiwanese citizens Why are Chinese and Taiwanese involved in North Korean scams? Is it just the money?
- aspenmayer 1y agoI guess it’s more likely that they would know locals or someone who does than others in the region due to proximity alone, besides SK, who are on the other side of the DMZ. Supposedly NK main “industry” or economy output is counterfeit US currency, so that has to go somewhere. Maybe that’s why China is buying so much stuff, to have good cash flow to launder these bad bills overseas, and invest the profits in actual bonds instead? Not sure what the strategy is but I know it isn’t coincidental. Organized crime in the area has been happening in earnest since the Opium Wars at least.
- stormcode 1y ago> The FBI seized 137 laptops as a result of the raids. So close. 1200 more and it would have been epic.
- jxjnskkzxxhx 1y agoFunny, I thought I'm quite educated and competent in more domains than one and I can't manage to land a job with an American company, but random north Koreans can? Clearly I'm not as smart as I thought...
- derelicta 1y agoUtterly evil of them for wanting to... Work?
- trashb0at 1y agoIt's not every day that you see pro-North Korean spy opinions on HN. But it's a lot more often than you'd expect.
- derelicta 1y agoImpressive! Imperial citizens have been carefully programmed for sure! Not a single free and inconvenient thought going through their head. Thank God they live in the Greatest Republic on Earth, right?