North Texas federal officials promise indictments after busting alleged North Korean "laptop farms"
"It's very hard to claim you didn't know what you were doing when you're hosting 30, 40, 50 laptops in your house"
Federal authorities have raided farms in 40 locations across North Texas — but the farms targeted by Operation Lone Star Roundup weren't harvesting food or raising livestock.
They are called laptop farms that authorities say are controlled remotely in North Korea and used to steal U.S. jobs and money.
Officials said indictments are coming after they seized more than 180 laptops they claim were part of a widespread operation supporting the North Korean government, something officials say threatens national security.
During a Tuesday morning press conference with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) uses information technology (IT) workers to earn wages from American companies, funneling that money to the North Korean government. Raybould said that money funds the DPRK's nuclear and ballistic weapons programs. ---More...
Federal Agents Raid 40 North Korean Laptop Farms in Texas Authorities take down 40 so-called laptop farms run by North Korean IT workers in Texas, all using fake identities to apply for remote U.S. jobs and funnel the money to the DPRK's weapons programs. Watch OAN on OAN Live for updates.
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Federal Agents Raid 40 North Korean Laptop Farms in Texas
Authorities take down 40 so-called laptop farms run by North Korean IT workers in Texas, all using fake identities to apply for remote U.S. jobs and funnel the money to the DPRK's weapons programs.
Watch OAN on OAN Live for updates.
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