Overview

• Christina Chapman was ordered to serve 102 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and to forfeit $284,555.92 while paying $176,850 in restitution.
• She pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments in the District of Columbia.
• From October 2020 to October 2023, Chapman ran a “laptop farm” in her Arizona home that hosted company-issued devices for North Korean IT workers posing as U.S.-based employees.
• The network infiltrated 309 U.S. companies and generated more than $17 million in illicit revenue that U.N. reports link to funding Kim Jong Un’s nuclear-weapons program.
• Following the sentencing, the Justice Department and FBI renewed advisories urging firms to strengthen identity checks and in-person verification for remote hires.