North Korea's fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88M over six years

North Korea's fake IT worker scams netted the hermit kingdom $88 million over six years, according to the US Department of Justice, which thinks it's found the people who run them. The scam sees North Korean (DPRK) techies mask their identities and locations to secure remote jobs. They then funnel their ill-gotten booty into …

[Doctor Syntax]

"given a goal of earning $10,000 each every month."

IOW they were telling them that that sort of money was achievable on the outside. I wonder if any took that incentive to jump the wire.

[O'Reg Inalsin]

The Stateside Conspirators

AP reports - In other instances, they paid Americans to use their home Wi-Fi connections, or to pose in on-camera job interviews as the IT workers. Johnson said the FBI is going after those “domestic enablers,” too.

I looked up "Illusion Software" because of the seemingly cheeky name. It appears to actually be (have been) a Japanese anime company specializing in "Eroge", which must mean "erotic games". They closed down in August 2023.