Nations take action on North Korean IT workers after UN report
Multiple countries took legal action against North Korean IT worker facilitators following a new UN-linked MSMT report on the illicit scheme.
The US-led Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team released a report detailing global legal responses to North Korea's illicit IT worker scheme, which uses stolen or purchased identities to place workers in high-paying IT jobs. Argentina opened an investigation and froze assets of alleged money launderer Antonia Doroganova, while Pakistan opened a case against alleged forger Syeda Aliya Batool Zaidi and two facilitators. Vietnam and Laos also took steps including sanctions and investigations, and China has increased surveillance, arresting one IT worker for allegedly stealing military secrets. North Korean workers abroad generated up to $800 million last year, and at least 17 countries still host roughly 100,000 North Korean workers.