Five convicted for helping North Korean IT workers pose as Americans and secure jobs at U.S. firms — over 240 companies were victimized by the scam

The U.S. Department of Justice just announced that it has convicted five individuals, including four U.S. citizens and one Ukrainian national, for facilitating the illegal employment of North Korean IT workers at American companies. According to its press release, these people used their own identity or provided false or stolen identities to North Korean workers seeking employment with U.S.-based firms. They also hosted the company-provided laptops in locations across the United States. They used…