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Treasury sanctions 10 people over North Korean IT worker schemes that defraud US businesses

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The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions on 10 individuals on Wednesday over information technology worker schemes that defraud American businesses. According to the department, North Korea's government uses fake identities and personas to place its IT workers at real companies and sends most of their wages to fund its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. The Hill and CBS News report that the sanctioned group includes Russian nationals, including a financial intermediary; The Hill says eight are North Korean and two Russian. Just the News describes all ten as North Korean. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the North Korean regime targets and exploits American companies through fraudulent activities.

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Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 10 individuals on Wednesday over information technology worker schemes that defraud US businesses.
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Treasury says North Korea's government uses fake identities and personas to place IT workers at real companies and sends most of their wages to fund its weapons programs.
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The Hill reports that Treasury accuses the scheme of benefiting the North Korean military.
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Two of those sanctioned are Russian nationals, one of them a financial intermediary who has facilitated transactions for North Korean officials.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the North Korean regime targets and exploits American companies through fraudulent activities.
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All ten sanctioned individuals are North Korean.
Just the News describes all ten as North Korean. The Hill reports eight North Korean nationals and two Russian nationals, and CBS News says the ten include Russians.

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All three sides report that Treasury sanctioned 10 people over North Korean IT worker schemes that defraud US businesses. The main difference is who was sanctioned: Just the News describes all ten as North Korean, while The Hill and CBS News name Russian nationals too.

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CBS News headlines the action as sanctions on North Koreans and Russians over an IT worker scheme, and its opening describes a large state-run operation with vivid verbs.
Treasury sanctions North Koreans, Russians over IT worker scheme
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The Hill headlines the nationalities of those sanctioned and attaches the word alleged to the scheme, presenting the fraud as the department's accusation.
Treasury sanctions North Koreans, Russians for alleged IT fraud
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Just the News headlines the action as sanctions on North Korean fraud against US businesses, with no mention of Russian designees; its three right-side articles are one outlet's copy.
Treasury Department sanctions North Korean IT worker schemes for facilitating fraud on US businesses
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churns outMore neutral: produces
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…Pyongyang's sprawling IT worker fraud enterprise — a state-run operation that churns out stolen identities, fake résumés and fake IT employees who infiltrate legitimate…
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scale of the state-run operation
Russian intermediary designated
workers infiltrating US and allied companies

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Treasury sanctions North Koreans, Russians over IT worker scheme
The Treasury Department is targeting a North Korean operation churning out stolen identities, fake résumés and fake IT employees who are infiltrating legitimate U.S. businesses.
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Russian nationals among designees
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Treasury sanctions North Koreans, Russians for alleged IT fraud
The Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity involved in an alleged scheme to defraud American businesses to benefit the North Korean military. …
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fraud on US businesses
proceeds funding weapons programs
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Russian nationals among those sanctioned

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Just the NewsFar Right
Treasury Department sanctions North Korean IT worker schemes for facilitating fraud on US businesses
The department said profits from the schemes go to North Korea's unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.
1 day agoRead at Just the News (opens in a new tab)
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Treasury sanctions 10 people over North Korean IT worker schemes that defraud US businesses

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Treasury sanctions North Koreans, Russians over IT worker scheme

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Treasury sanctions North Koreans, Russians for alleged IT fraud

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Treasury Department sanctions North Korean IT worker schemes for facilitating fraud on US businesses

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