Yanbian Silverstar / Volasys Silverstar IT worker scheme (at least 130 DPRK IT workers, "IT Warriors")

Date (as written): From in or around April 2017 to in or around March 2023
Year: 2017
Country: People's Republic of China; Russian Federation (company bases); U.S. victims
Actors (as written): JONG SONG HWA, RI KYONG SIK, KIM RYU SONG, RIM UN CHOL, KIM MU RIM and co-defendants; Yanbian Silverstar; Volasys Silverstar
Actor pages: JONG SONG HWA RI KYONG SIK KIM RYU SONG RIM UN CHOL KIM MU RIM and co-defendants Yanbian Silverstar Volasys Silverstar
Tags (as written): IT workers; identity theft; extortion; laundering; indictment
Dollar figures (as written): at least $88 million; at least $10,000 in revenue ... every month (per IT worker target); $88 million

Source entries (2)

US court filing via CourtListener RECAP: United States v. Hwa

Yanbian Silverstar / Volasys Silverstar IT worker scheme (at least 130 DPRK IT workers, "IT Warriors") · From in or around April 2017 to in or around March 2023

In total, Yanbian Silverstar and Volasys Silverstar employed and retained at least 130 DPRK IT workers, known among the conspirators as "IT Warriors." ... Throughout the approximately six-year conspiracy, the defendants and their conspirators ... fraudulently possessed and used the identities of hundreds of U.S. persons to generate at least $88 million in illicit revenue for the DPRK. [Case No. 4:24-cr-00648, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; filing: REDACTED INDICTMENT returned in open court on 12/11/24 to Judge Joseph S. Dueker by the Foreperson of the Grand Jury. Re]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.moed.216774/gov.uscourts.moed.216774.2.0.pdf

US State Dept Rewards for Justice: Yanbian Silverstar and Volasys Silverstar

Yanbian Silverstar / Volasys Silverstar IT worker network (130+ workers) · (not dated)

These IT workers use the fraudulently acquired identities of hundreds of U.S. persons to gain remote employment and generate tens of millions of dollars which are laundered and sent back to the North Korean regime.

https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/yanbian-silverstar-and-volasys-silverstar/

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