The sentence is one of the largest handed down to a U.S. national for their role in the North Korean government-linked scheme.

Christina Chapman, a 50-year-old Arizona woman, has just been sentenced to 102 months in prison for helping North Korean hackers steal US identities in order to get "remote" IT jobs with more than 300 American companies, including Nike. The scheme funneled millions of dollars to the North Korean state.

Arizona woman sentenced to 102 months for aiding North Korean IT worker fraud scheme, generating over $17 million for North Korea and causing identity theft and harm to U.S. companies' integrity.