Chapman also helped the foreign fraudsters steal the identities of more than 70 US nationals, then use those identities to apply for remote IT jobs, according to the Feds.
Those who successfully obtained employment as part of the scam then received payroll checks at Chapman's home with direct deposits sent to her US bank accounts before ultimately being laundered and funneled to North Korea…
Also I just realised this is my second HN comment, last one was 11 years ago exactly today. 1/365 chance I guess. Not bad.
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/north_korea_worker_in...
Why, that sounds suspiciously like a nascent slur. And - as my Aussie comrades will confirm - a dreadful slang collision.
Why not treason? Any lawyers know?
Also mostly a 2024 story.
Related / connected Nashville case from last year:
US dismantles laptop farm used by undercover North Korean IT workers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41356483
Also:
We found North Korean engineers in our application pile
Wonder what those companies are, any guesses?
https://www.justice.gov/archives/usao-dc/media/1352191/dl
> JOHN DOE 1, alias 한지호 Jiho HAN (HAN), was an individual residing overseas who opened accounts with a foreign money service transmitter (“MST”) that conducts U.S. dollar transactions through a branch in New York (hereinafter “MST-1”). HAN would then forward the funds to an individual in the People’s Republic of China (“China”). HAN also received funds from CHAPMAN for an overseas IT worker that CHAPMAN first deposited into one of her U.S. financial accounts.
> JOHN DOE 2, alias 浩然 徐 Haoran XU (XU), was an individual residing overseas who registered for financial accounts with U.S. MSTs. XU provided his name, date of birth, and a Chinese National ID to U.S. MSTs to register for these accounts.
> JOHN DOE 3, alias 春姬 金 Chunji JIN (JIN), was an individual residing overseas who registered for financial accounts with U.S. MSTs. JIN provided her name, date of birth, and a Chinese National ID to U.S. MSTs to register for these accounts
Aha so it's not just NK, China is involved as well. I would guess the Chinese govt is quite happy to look the other way here.
> On or about November 15, 2022, CHAPMAN messaged with an overseas IT worker using the screenname “Alexander The Great” (“AT”), wherein AT asked 21 CHAPMAN for assistance creating a background story for a stolen U.S. person identity, “Daniel B.” AT noted that the real Daniel B. had a criminal record and employers were asking for more information as to what offenses were committed. CHAPMAN provided a cover story and asked “What information do you know about Daniel B[.]?? Do you know his race?” AT responded that the real Daniel B. was “a black man” but that he (AT) was Asian. AT then gave CHAPMAN his “real full name,” which was a Chinese name
"Alexander the Great" - one can image a poor child, wanted to be a history major, but through an ugly twist of fate, they ended up as a hacker stealing identities and having to solve leet code puzzles with ChatGPT /s
Maybe some of them are just trying to make a living?
Maybe a lot of them are economically disadvantageous because, like with Cuba, the US has been f_cking with them non-stop for the last 75 years?
Maybe instead of assuming that every person inside a geographic area agrees to all the exact same things, we should normalize relations with North Korea?
The Cold War, like all other wars, is an idiot's errand, which has contributed to the entrenched hostilities that continue to dominate international relations.
Maybe world leaders should try "adulting"?
Since pretending to be a grown-up seems to be as close as anyone gets anymore...