U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Workers Linked to WMD Funding
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🕵️♂️💻 U.S. Treasury sanctions North Korean IT workers for funding illicit activities. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two individuals and four entities linked to North Korea’s regime, accusing them of generating illicit revenue through overseas IT work. These workers, who disguise their identities, reportedly funnel up to 90% of their earnings back to the North Korean government, contributing to its weapons programs, including those for weapons of mass destruction. The sanctions target front companies involved in this scheme, which has been ongoing since at least 2018. The U.S. aims to disrupt these networks that finance North Korea’s destabilizing activities, including support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
