Two American citizens received 18-month prison sentences for facilitating a cyber-enabled fraud scheme that supported North Korea.
Defendants installed Remote Desktop Protocol applications on laptops shipped by U.S. companies
Matthew Isaac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince helped North Korean IT workers masquerade as legitimate remote employees to compromise U.S. corporate networks.
The defendants installed Remote Desktop Protocol applications on laptops shipped by U.S. companies, allowing scammers to work remotely from within the United States.
The operation affected nearly 70 victim companies and generated more than $1.2 million in revenue for the sanctioned regime.
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