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The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 10 North Koreans and Russians who run Pyongyang’s IT worker fraud scheme. The state‑run operation produces stolen identities, fake résumés and counterfeit IT employees who secure jobs at U.S. and allied companies. The workers funnel most of their pay back to the regime, and the scheme generates hundreds of millions of dollars that fund North Korea’s weapons and missile programs. Inside corporate networks, the fraudsters can access sensitive data, deploy malware, and extort employers.

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