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(Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"57.08661717114\"><body readability=\"115.60318791946\"><\/p>\n<p>Two New Jersey men were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-us-nationals-sentenced-facilitating-fraudulent-remote-information-technology-worker\">sentenced<\/a> Wednesday for facilitating <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/north-korea-cybercrime-dtex-research-center-227\/\">North Korea\u2019s long-running scheme<\/a> to plant operatives inside U.S. businesses as employees, generating more than $5 million in illicit revenue for the regime, the Justice Department said. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. nationals \u2014 Kejia Wang, also known as Tony Wang, and Zhenxing Wang, also known as Danny Wang \u2014 were part of a years-long conspiracy that placed operatives in jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies, including <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/north-korea-workers-infiltrate-fortune-500\/\">many Fortune 500 companies<\/a>, based in 27 states and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>The elaborate scheme involved shell companies posing as software development firms, money laundering, and espionage with national security implications. Operatives involved in the conspiracy stole sensitive files from a California-based defense contractor related to U.S. military technology controlled under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (DPRK) IT workers are not limited to revenue generation. When tasked, they can operationalize their placement and access to support strategic intelligence requirements, including intellectual property theft, network disruption or extortion,\u201d Michael Barnhart, nation state investigator at DTEX, told CyberScoop.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While most of North Korea\u2019s scheme is focused on revenue, it sometimes applies a dual-use approach, tasking certain privileged IT workers with malicious activity aiding other state-backed hacking groups, Barnhart added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot all IT workers can be hackers but every North Korean hacker can or has been an IT worker,\u201d he said. \u201cThis distinction matters for insider\u2011threat analysis because unlike typical fraudulent hires motivated by personal financial gain, IT workers can inflict national\u2011security\u2011level damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kejia Wang, 42, Zhenzing Wang, 39, and their co-conspirators stole the identities of at least 80 U.S. residents to facilitate the hiring of North Korean operatives and collected at least $696,000 in fees combined, officials said. U.S. victim companies also incurred legal fees, remediation costs and other damages and losses exceeding $3 million. <\/p>\n<p>Both men previously pleaded guilty to an assortment of crimes. Kejia Wang was sentenced to nine years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, money laundering and identity theft. Zhenxing Wang was sentenced to 92 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and money laundering. <\/p>\n<p>The pair were also ordered to forfeit a combined $600,000, of which two-thirds has already been paid, officials said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The conspiracy, which ran from at least 2021 through October 2024, relied in part on shell companies \u2014 Hopana Tech, Tony WKJ and Independent Lab \u2014 the men set up to create the appearance of legitimate businesses. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPairing a U.S. person, a U.S. address, and a front company such as Independent Lab, the facilitators created the illusion of a legitimate domestic effort allowing the IT workers to present themselves as U.S.-based without triggering suspicion during onboarding or daily workflows,\u201d Barnhart said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFront companies can act as that middle financial flow from victim companies back to DPRK units, which then pushes funds upward through the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea to support whichever program the unit was aligned with, whether weapons development or domestic priorities,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>These front companies reflect a higher level of tradecraft that exploits a weak spot in insider risk assessments because threats aren\u2019t always a malicious person trying to break into a network, Barnhart said. \u201cSometimes it looks like an entire company appearing clean on paper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have responded to North Korea\u2019s scheme by targeting U.S.-based facilitators who provide forged or stolen identities and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/arizona-woman-arrested-and-charged-in-north-korean-it-worker-scheme\/\">laptop farms<\/a> for North Korean operatives, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/doj-north-korea-it-worker-scheme-cases-crypto-seized\/\">seizing cryptocurrency<\/a> linked to theft. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Law enforcement wins are stacking up, but researchers warn that North Korea\u2019s operation is massive and consistently evolving. <\/p>\n<p>The sentencing of Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang comes less than a month after a trio of American men were <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/north-korea-it-worker-scheme-three-sentenced\/\">sentenced for similar crimes<\/a>, including the operation of laptop farms, wire fraud and identity theft. <\/p>\n<p>The Justice and Treasury Departments have also issued <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/doj-indicts-five-in-north-korean-fake-it-worker-scheme\/\">indictments<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/treasury-sanctions-north-korea-over-remote-it-worker-schemes\/\">sanctioned people and entities<\/a> allegedly involved in North Korea\u2019s effort to send thousands of specialized technical professionals outside of the country to secure jobs under false pretenses and funnel their wages back to Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full indictments against Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.6911157024793\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"14\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/us-nationals-sentenced-for-aiding-north-koreas-tech-worker-scheme-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Kapko\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Kapko<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop. 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