<ul><li>The Department of Justice (DOJ) has frozen over $7.7 million in cryptocurrency allegedly earned by North Korean IT workers using stolen U.S. identities.</li><li>The funds were seized as part of a U.S. forfeiture action to disrupt illicit revenue streams funding Pyongyang’s weapons development.</li><li>North Korean nationals posed as remote IT contractors working for U.S. companies to generate hard-to-trace crypto income for the regime in Pyongyang.</li><li>The workers employed complex laundering techniques, including fake identities and blockchain transactions, with a network involving individuals like Sim Hyon Sop and Kim Sang Man linked to the North Korean government.</li></ul>

DOJ Seizes $7.7 Million in Crypto from North Korean IT Workers Reportedly Using Stolen U.S. IDs

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