"Audricus Phagnasay, Jason Salazar, and Alexander Paul Travis (the latter being the US Army soldier) each pled guilty to one wire fraud conspiracy for providing their identities to North Koreans between 2019 and 2022 so the Norks could fraudulently get work at US companies. All three provided space in their homes for laptops issued by the companies they supposedly worked for and installed remote access software that allowed their North Korean comrades to appear to be working from the US, the DoJ said."
"According to the DoJ, Travis, the former US Army soldier, earned at least $51,397 for his part in the scheme. Phagnasay and Salazar earned considerably less, taking in somewhere in the neighborhood of $3,450 and $4,500, respectively. Travis and Salazar even showed up in person for drug tests to perpetuate the scheme, the DoJ noted. The trio's scheme generated approximately $1.28 million in salary payments from victim US companies."
Multiple U.S. citizens and a Ukrainian identity broker provided stolen or false identities to North Korean nationals so those nationals could obtain employment with U.S. IT companies. The Americans hosted company-issued laptops in their homes, installed remote-access software, and some even attended in-person drug tests to sustain the deception. One defendant, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, earned at least $51,397; two others earned roughly $3,450 and $4,500. The scheme generated about $1.28 million in salary payments. A separate defendant used his company, Taggcar Inc., to supply allegedly certified IT workers who were actually located abroad.
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