East Tennessee Linked to North Korean Identity Theft Scheme Involving Thousands of It Workers

WATE.com ^ | 05/17/2024 | Hannah Moore

[TennesseeGirl]

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (WATE) — A scheme designed to let foreigners do information technology work as if they were actually in the United States has been unraveled by federal investigators. The investigation claimed that Jefferson City was home to one of several “laptop farms” that helped make the scheme possible.

According to court documents, the schemes involved defrauding over 300 U.S. companies using U.S. payment platforms, online job site accounts and proxy computers located in the United States. The Justice Department shared that two people have been arrested and search warrants were executed in Jefferson City, Washington, D.C. and other jurisdictions.

Federal search warrants show a house on King Street and a dorm room inside ‘Burnett Hall’ at Carson-Newman University were searched. Applications for the warrants claim the locations were occupied by Carson-Newman students including a Ukrainian graduate student on a student visa and an undergrad from Colombia who applied for asylum in the U.S.

[TennesseeGirl]

Like the illegal Chinese lab in a storage unit in California, our enemies are among us. Since not one participant in this fraud is affiliated with MAGA, I assume MSM won't cover it.

[Liz]

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[babble-on]

Carson Newman !!

[TennesseeGirl]

So sad. Of all places.

[BobL]

“...including a Ukrainian graduate student”

Why am I not surprised...

[babble-on]

That’s really nuts

[Major Matt Mason]

...including a Ukrainian graduate student on a student visa

Interesting, but not surprising.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

One of Yew Crane’s own. I’m sure the student supplied 10 percent for the Big Guy.

[MayflowerMadam]

Really.

[Organic Panic]

Always pay The Big Guy his cut.

[TennesseeGirl]

I have to wonder if the plague of crypto data server farms that have cropped up in E TN rural communities are facilitating these criminals?

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

First of all, they are hiring to gill positions Anericans don’t want....lol.

Secondly, our justice dept is giving us a load of bs just like with trump....

“some of whom he believed were North Korean, and the overseas IT workers...”

Believed? Guessing??? Whole lotta hype and no factual evidence yet.

I guess they nred time yo investigate and create a dossier like russian collusion. Unprofessional, that is our entire govt.

[ryderann]

Just a hop, skip, and a jump to Oak Ridge.