North Koreans are using fake IDs and learning IT skills to sneak their way into remote American jobs, according to the FBI and Justice departments.
FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs::North Koreans are using fake IDs and learning IT skills to sneak their way into remote American jobs, according to the FBI and Justice departments.
According to the article, the companies didn’t know that’s what they were doing in this case. They thought they were hiring people living in the US:
Greenberg said the workers used various techniques to make it look like they were working in the US, including paying Americans to use their home Wi-Fi connections.
Ok, just so we’re clear… The entire “scheme” was to get jobs working remotely in the US. And then doing those jobs adequately, and collecting a paycheck?
Truly deprived… I hope they catch every one of these monsters.
Does no-one check the damn IDs, ffs? It’s a simple matter of typing some numbers into a computer.
I don’t know about the U.S. but in the UK where I’m from, “illegally hiring a non-UK citizen” would be a criminal offence for the hiring company. How are they going to tax them?
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US companies should not be able to outsource labor overseas.
According to the article, the companies didn’t know that’s what they were doing in this case. They thought they were hiring people living in the US:
Ok, just so we’re clear… The entire “scheme” was to get jobs working remotely in the US. And then doing those jobs adequately, and collecting a paycheck?
Truly deprived… I hope they catch every one of these monsters.
feels like an austin powers discarded skit… achieving world dominance by pretending to be mike from accounting who does excel like really good
Does no-one check the damn IDs, ffs? It’s a simple matter of typing some numbers into a computer.
I don’t know about the U.S. but in the UK where I’m from, “illegally hiring a non-UK citizen” would be a criminal offence for the hiring company. How are they going to tax them?
A good chunk of the American economy is dependent on companies not checking the legal status of employees.
I get cash jobs like manual labor / agriculture, but where are these companies depositing these paychecks?