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DOJ Arrests Two Americans and Seizes 187 Devices in North Korean Laptop Farm Crackdown Across Texas
Read this in the Market Flux appThe U.S. Department of Justice has arrested two American nationals and dismantled more than 40 laptop farms across Texas in a crackdown on a North Korean scheme to infiltrate U.S. companies through fraudulent remote IT work. The FBI seized 187 computer devices in the operation, which targeted a network that used stolen American identities to place North Korean workers in technology jobs at U.S. firms.
Prosecutors allege the scheme ran from 2019 to 2025 and targeted more than 70 American employers, generating over $3 million that was funneled to Pyongyang to fund North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. An indictment unsealed in Ohio charges the two U.S. nationals alongside 10 North Korean nationals based in China. Prosecutors described cryptocurrency transfers as part of the operation used to move the proceeds.
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- PolymarketBREAKING: DOJ arrests 2 Americans, seizes 187 devices in crackdown on North Korean “laptop farms” allegedly used to infiltrate more than 70 U.S. companies.
- The DefiantDOJ Announces Two Arrests in North Korean ‘Laptop Farm’ Crackdown
- Osint613Over 40 laptop farms across Texas were dismantled by the FBI last month, with nearly 200 computer devices seized. The network helped North Koreans obtain remote IT jobs at U.S. companies using stolen American identities, funding Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Indictments were unsealed in Ohio against two U.S. nationals and 10 China-based North Koreans. Prosecutors say the scheme hit 70 companies for more than $3 million between 2019 and 2025. New York Times