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US Arrests Two in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Laptop Farms

Two US nationals were arrested in a new law enforcement operation targeting fraudulent North Korean IT worker schemes.

The suspects, Michael James Bostelle of Pennsylvania and Juan Cecilio Pena Carrillo of Texas, allegedly helped North Korean IT workers (ITWs) illegally obtain remote work at US companies.

According to a four-count indictment, the multi-year fraud scheme by Bostelle, Pena, and their co-conspirators generated over $3 million in fraudulent revenue.

As part of the scheme, which allegedly ran between 2019 and July 2025, the two housed and configured laptops issued by victim US companies so ITWs would appear to work from the US.

Using fake IDs and VPN and proxy infrastructure masking their real locations, the ITWs, aided by US facilitators, obtained employment at over 70 US companies in the communications, cyber support, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail sectors.

The indictment also charges China-based Sun Sheng Ming, Pei Li Guang, Weng Shou...

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