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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Salter

RARE PHOTOS: North korean it workers sent us wages home to fund weapons programme says fbi | Vintage Vibes

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Thousands of information technology workers contracting with US companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile programme, FBI and Department of Justice officials said.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in St Louis and elsewhere in the US have been using false identities to get the jobs.

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