<ul><li>United States Department of Justice seizes $7.74 million in cryptocurrency linked to North Korean IT workers to avoid U.S. sanctions and support weapons programs.</li><li>The scheme involved fake identities, NFTs, and chain hopping to launder money, with the complaint targeting assets linked to a North Korean Foreign Trade Bank representative.</li><li>North Korean IT professionals used sophisticated tactics like token swapping and purchasing NFTs to hide finances, with assistance from FBI, State Department, and Treasury Department.</li><li>The forfeiture is part of broader efforts to crack down on North Korea's cybercrime activities, with investigations ongoing to seize additional assets related to sanctions evasion.</li></ul>

DOJ Seizes $7.74M Crypto Linked to North Korean IT Workers

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