North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Russian FMA Telegram Channel/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The IT workers are deployed to "generate revenue for its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs," the Justice Department explained in the press release.
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"Today’s announcement reveals the complex web of deception and facilitators that is central to the North Korean regime’s schemes to evade international sanctions to finance its weapons program," said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division in a press release last week.
A sign along Belfry Highway, May 24, 2017, in Powell, Wyoming, on the border with Montana. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)
In Wyoming, Gray dissolved three entities identified by the FBI as instruments of North Korea after the Business Division in Gray’s office further investigated. The entities were identified as Culture Box LLC, Next Nets LLC, and Blackish Tech LLC.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises artillery drills, March 7, 2024. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
"China and Russia trade with North Korea in open violation of international sanctions, well aware that they will face minimal consequences from the Biden administration and the international community. The deepened economic relationship undercuts the world’s ability to punish North Korea," Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., wrote in an op-ed published by Fox News Digital last week.
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"With a padded wallet, Kim Jong Un is accomplishing two goals. Simultaneously, he is keeping his domestic situation stable and improving his military capabilities, which are now affecting people far beyond his borders."
Fox News Digital's Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
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