28.08.2025 02:01
The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on individuals and companies that provided support to information technology workers who infiltrated legitimate companies in the U.S. and allied countries, using fake documents to conceal their identities in order to generate revenue for North Korea's ballistic missile program.
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The U.S. government announced that sanctions have been imposed on a fraud network financing North Korea's weapons programs.
SANCTIONS ON THE FRAUD NETWORK FINANCING NORTH KOREA FROM THE U.S.
In a statement from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, it was noted that Vitaliy Sergeyevich Andreyev and Kim Ung Sun, along with Shenyang Geumpungri Network Technology and Korea Sinjin Trading Corporation, were added to the sanctions list for their roles in a fake information technology worker scheme organized by the North Korean government.
THEY INFILTRATED LEGITIMATE COMPANIES IN THE U.S. AND ALLIED COUNTRIES
The statement alleged that North Korea used information technology workers to generate income for its illegal weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs, and that teams of these workers typically concealed their identities using fake documents and stolen identities, infiltrating legitimate companies in the U.S. and allied countries.
THEY OBTAINED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
The statement noted that the North Korean government obtained hundreds of millions of dollars for the regime's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs by taking most of the salaries earned by information technology workers abroad.
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