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North Korean IT workers are stealing remote jobs and raking in billions—and Americans are helping them do it

North Korean state actors infiltrated 100+ US companies via coordinated identity-theft, funneling $5M+ in fraudulent IT salaries and prompting federal convictions.

Saturday, April 25, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Fortune AIBY sys://pipeline

Federal prosecutors sentenced Kejia Wang to 9 years and Zhenxing Wang to 8 years for orchestrating an employment fraud scheme that placed North Korean IT workers at 100+ American companies using stolen identities. The operation generated over $5M in fraudulent salary payments and caused $3M+ in remediation costs across 28 states.

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