Overview

• U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss ordered Christina Marie Chapman to serve 102 months in prison, three years of supervised release, forfeit $284,555.92 and pay $176,850 in restitution.
• From October 2020 to October 2023, Chapman hosted more than 90 company-issued laptops in her Arizona home and shipped 49 devices overseas to mask North Korean operatives as U.S.-based remote workers.
• Investigators found the scheme stole 68 American identities and defrauded 309 U.S. businesses and two international firms, generating over $17 million laundered for Chapman and the North Korean regime.
• Justice Department, FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation officials described the case as one of the largest North Korean IT infiltration plots, warning that domestic collaborators and stolen identities pose serious national security risks.
• In response to the sentencing, federal agencies including the FBI, State Department and Treasury issued updated guidance and sanctions under the DPRK RevGen initiative to bolster identity verification and block similar schemes.