{"id":1465,"date":"2025-07-25T15:08:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2025-07-29T19:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:37:53","slug":"arizona-woman-sentenced-over-north-korea-tech-worker-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/arizona-woman-sentenced-over-north-korea-tech-worker-fraud-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona woman sentenced over North Korea tech worker fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Arizona woman was sentenced to more than eight years in prison Thursday after she pleaded guilty to helping North Korean tech workers secure remote jobs with hundreds of U.S. firms using false identities.<\/p>\n

Christina Marie Chapman, 50, of Litchfield Park, Ariz., helped North Korean workers gain IT positions at 309 U.S. businesses as part of a scheme that reaped in more than $17 million, mostly for Pyongyang, according to a Justice Department statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The department said much of the income was falsely reported to the IRS and Social Security Administration using the names of actual U.S. citizens, who had their identities stolen or borrowed. The scheme created false tax liabilities for 68 Americans whose identities were compromised, according to the DOJ.<\/p>\n

“The impacted companies included a top-five major television network, a Silicon Valley technology company, an aerospace manufacturer, an American car maker, a luxury retail store, and a U.S media and entertainment company,” the DOJ said in its release.<\/p>\n

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