Two Americans sentenced to prison for role in North Korea IT schemes
( May 6, 2026, 19:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Justice Department announced the sentencings in separate cases of two US nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot of Nashville and Erick Ntekereze Prince of New York, for their roles in facilitating North Korean remote information technology (IT) workers. Knoot and Prince were each sentenced to 18 months in prison for receiving and hosting laptop computers at their residences that victim US companies had shipped to IT workers they hired, and who the victim companies believed were located at the defendants’ residences.Statement follows below:...
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