DOJ Sentences Eight Individuals in North Korean IT Worker Scheme Targeting Nearly 70 US Companies

According to the U.S. Justice Department, prosecutors have secured eight sentences in the last five months against individuals serving as domestic proxies for North Korea-based IT workers infiltrating U.S. companies. Nashville resident Matthew Issac Knoot and New York resident Erick Ntekereze Prince each received 18-month prison sentences. Prince was ordered to forfeit $89,000 in payments from North Korean workers, while Knoot was ordered to forfeit $15,100 and pay $15,100 in restitution. The scheme, which used remote access software to allow North Korean workers to operate company laptops from overseas, affected nearly 70 U.S. companies and generated approximately $1.2 million in revenue for North Korea.