This week, federal prosecutors charged four North Korean nationals with scheming to get hired by a U.S. company as remote workers and then steal nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency.

North Korean Tech Workers Infiltrating Companies Around World, U.S. Says Using falsified and stolen IDs, prosecutors say, North Koreans secure jobs that help finance the regime by evading sanctions.

Four years ago, gig work for North Korean agents turned Christina Chapman’s life around. On Thursday, it led to a prison sentence of 102 months, or 8½ years, for the Arizona woman.

The group allegedly used the identities of more than 60 individuals who lived in the U.S. to generate nearly $7 million for the North Korean government from more than 300 U.S. companies.

U.S. sanctions North Korean hacker for crimes benefitting Kim Jong Un's arms programs U.S. also will pay a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to anyone who violates the U.S ...