Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Summary
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to funnel money to the North Korean regime. The man helped North Koreans gain employment at U.S. companies using fraudulent means, with the funds earned being sent back to the regime to support its nuclear weapons program. The scheme involved dozens of U.S. companies and was part of a larger effort to evade U.S. sanctions.
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The announcement sounds ambitious.
A Ukrainian man gets sentenced for helping North Koreans get fake jobs at U.S. companies. The money earned went straight to the North Korean regime. Because, you know, nuclear weapons don’t fund themselves. This is just another chapter in the never-ending saga of “sanctions? what sanctions?”
Author: Evan Null
