U.S. Department of Justice targets North Korean criminals in fake IT job scams and cryptocurrency theft, seizing 15 million USD in USDT

Prosecutors seized 15 million USD in USDT related to North Korean criminals operating fake IT job scams. Five defendants plead guilty, revealing fraud that affected 136 companies.

Intermediaries helped North Koreans obtain fake remote IT jobs, generating 2.2 million USD for their regime and compromising personal data of 18 Americans. A hacker group, APT38, executed a cryptocurrency theft in 2023.