DOJ moves to claim $7.74 million tied to North Korean IT worker scheme (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

The Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint in federal court in connection with more than $7.74 million that was previously frozen and seized from North Koreans who allegedly obtained the money through the regime’s illicit IT worker scheme. The funds are connected to Sim Hyon Sop, a North Korean Foreign Trade Bank representative who was allegedly conspiring with the IT workers from the country to launder money obtained through their illegal employment at U.S. companies. Sim was indicted in April 2023 after the federal government caught him attempting to launder the money.

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