US man accused of helping thousands of North Koreans get remote-work jobs in IT

The US Department of Justice last week announced that it charged a Nashville man for running what it called a ‘laptop farm’ out of his home. — Getty Images/The New York Times

The US Department of Justice last week announced that it charged a Nashville man for running what it called a “laptop farm” out of his home and being part of a vast conspiracy that connects North Korean tech workers with jobs at large American and British companies looking for remote employees.

According to the FBI, the salaries paid to the IT workers – who were doing real work – were illegally funnelled to North Korea to fund its illicit weapons programmes.