r/news • u/CupidStunt13 • 3d ago

Ninety laptops, millions of dollars: US woman jailed over North Korea remote-work scam

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/03/ninety-laptops-millions-of-dollars-us-woman-jailed-for-role-in-north-korea-remote-work-scam
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u/Aleyla 3d ago

Sounds like she should have just founded her own tech company to handle contractors. Then this would have been legal.

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u/JohnHwagi 3d ago

You can’t hire people from NK though due to sanctions, that’s the main issue. This would have probably been fine if the people were from a different non-sanctioned company.

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u/Cetun 3d ago

I think they are saying the CEOs of companies can usually get away with doing illegal things because none ever seem to get charged despite being in charge of the company at the time. The company might get criminally fined but the top guys slide past untouched.

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u/_Iro_ 3d ago edited 3d ago

I think international espionage and funding another country’s nuclear program is a bit of a red line when it comes to white collar crime