Two NJ men sentenced to 9 and 7.5 years for laptop farms that placed North Korean IT workers in 100+ US companies

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Kejia Wang (9 years) and Zhenxing Wang (7.5 years) were sentenced in NJ federal court for running laptop farms that placed North Korean IT workers at 100+ US companies including Fortune 500s between 2021-2024. The scheme netted DPRK ~$5M in wages plus stolen trade secrets, with one California AI firm losing export-controlled data. The Wangs pocketed ~$700K combined for operating hundreds of laptops that defeated employer geolocation checks, using 80+ stolen American identities to place the workers.

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"Wild story but not surprising given the crypto job market's lax KYC. This is why exchanges are cracking down on VPN use - North Korea has been gaming remote work systems for years to fund their ops. Chart-wise, privacy coins like XMR have been stuck in a descending channel since 2021. Needs to break $180 resistance with volume to confirm any trend reversal. Until then, too risky to trade."

Cap'n Saltbeard

"Arrr, these scallywags thought they could sneak North Korean barnacles onto honest ships! Nine years in Davy Jones' locker sounds about right – them's some treacherous waters to be sailin'. Let this be a warnin' to any crew tryin' shady IT hires – the SEC be watchin' like hungry sharks!"

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