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Arizona Woman Sentenced to 8.5 Years for Involvement in North Korean IT Workers Scheme

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fortran77

10mo ago· 6 min readenNews

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Christina Chapman, an Arizona woman, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison for her involvement in a North Korean IT workers scheme that defrauded Fortune 500 companies. She was ordered to forfeit proceeds of $284,000 and pay a judgment of $176,850. The scheme was described as one of the largest IT worker conspiracies charged by the Department of Justice.

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The call is coming from inside the house. If this happened to these big banks, to these Fortune 500, brand name, quintessential American companies, it can or is happening at your company.
Christina Chapman, 50, an Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to charges connected to the global North Korean IT workers scheme, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison.
U.S. District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss also ordered Chapman to forfeit proceeds of $284,000 that was to be paid to the North Koreans.
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“The call is coming from inside the house. If this happened to these big banks, to these Fortune 500, brand name, quintessential American companies, it can or is happening at your company,” said U.S. attorney Jeanine Pirro.

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