An Arizona woman plead guilty to conspiracy, enabling North Korean IT workers to secure jobs at 309 U.S. companies, generating $17.1 million. These illegal roles contribute significantly to North Korea's annual $600 million revenue for its regime. Sentencing is likely to include nine years in prison and a fine equating to her earnings. Prosecutors emphasized that leniency could signal U.S. tolerance of such actions, undermining deterrence against future violations.
A sentence that is too lenient would convey the wrong message to both North Koreans and current and future U.S.-based facilitators that this conduct is tolerated in the U.S. and worth the risk of being caught by U.S. law enforcement.
The tactic generates up to $600 million in revenue for North Korea annually, according to UN estimates, and the funds finance authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un's nuclear weapons program.
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