FBI Wanted List: Fraudulent Remote IT Workers from DPRK (fbi.gov)

Remote jobs? In tech? In this job market? Credit where credit is due...

And, maybe I'm reading too far into it, but this line:

>With these roles, these individuals allegedly abused their access at the companies to steal virtual currency.

makes it sound like they were stealing Robux or something. Could money be laundered through re-selling video game currencies?

Just a couple of days ago, I received an email from our HR department requesting information about a recent hire. Basically, they asked if I or anyone on my team had physically met that person. My company still embraces remote work, and everyone on my team is remote. As luck would have it, the person in question lives near another team member and they had met up for a company function (once).

I assume that the request was related to something like this: Preventing fraudulent remote workers.

Honestly, impressive feat on their end.

Am I reading this right? They're in the U.S. somewhere? How did they get into the country? Do we still think low border security is a good idea?

The sophistication of these guys is high. They're hiring US citizens to interview for them and then if they get hired, their work quality is high so they fly under the radar for awhile.

I do IT support for onboarding remote hires for a call center we catch about 1-2 hires a day who are fraudulent. Most we catch by comparing the photos on their DL to the person who shows up on webcam for training. It’s unclear the motivation for the fraud. I don’t think they really have dug into that yet.