Overview
- The Department of Justice and FBI arrested U.S. national Zhenxing “Danny” Wang on June 30 and unsealed indictments against 16 co-conspirators for facilitating the scheme.
- Investigators found that operatives used stolen identities of over 80 U.S. citizens to land jobs at more than 100 American firms and exfiltrate sensitive data, including ITAR-controlled source code.
- Authorities executed searches of 21 sites hosting “laptop farms,” seizing 137 laptops as well as 29 financial accounts and dozens of fraudulent websites and domains.
- Court filings show the network generated over $5 million for the North Korean regime while victim companies incurred at least $3 million in remediation and legal costs.
- The action is part of the DPRK RevGen: Domestic Enabler Initiative, marking a major escalation in U.S. efforts to cut off Pyongyang’s illicit funding streams.