U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud

The US Department of Justice charged 14 people and seized about 187 computers on Tuesday in a crackdown on North Korea's fraudulent remote IT worker scheme. The indictment includes US citizens and Chinese nationals accused of wire fraud conspiracy affecting more than 70 US companies, disrupting a network that funneled illicit income to North Korea.