Two Americans sentenced over North Korea IT worker scheme

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SEOUL, April 16 (UPI) -- Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to federal prison for helping North Korean operatives obtain remote IT jobs with American companies in a scheme that generated millions of dollars for Pyongyang's weapons programs, the Justice Department said Wednesday. New Jersey residents Kejia "Tony" Wang, 42, and Zhenxing "Danny" Wang, 39, operated so-called "laptop farms" that made it appear as though overseas workers were based in the United States, allowing North Korean IT

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