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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Promote with Leviathan NewsKejia 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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