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Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong laptop farm: overseas co-conspirator (John Doe, working for the North Korean government) performed work at 13 U.S. companies and U.S. government agencies, including an FAA-related software application

Date (as written)
Between 2021 and 2024
Year
2021
Country
U.S. (Maryland); China (Shenyang)
Actors (as written)
John Doe (co-conspirators were, in fact, working for the North Korean government); Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong
Actor pages
John DoeMinh Phuong Ngoc Vong
Tags (as written)
IT workers; laptop farm; government; sentencing memorandum
Dollar figures (as written)
more than $970,000; close to $1 million; $970,000

Source entries (1)

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

Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong laptop farm: overseas co-conspirator (John Doe, working for the North Korean government) performed work at 13 U.S. companies and U.S. government agencies, including an FAA-related software application · Between 2021 and 2024
Vong conspired with information technology (IT) workers living in China to defraud at least thirteen U.S. companies and four U.S. government agencies ... Vong's co-conspirators were, in fact, working for the North Korean government. ... Between 2021 and 2024, VONG used fraudulent misrepresentations to obtain employment with at least 13 different United States companies, who collectively paid VONG a total of more than $970,000 in salary [Case No. 8:24-cr-00177, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; filing: SENTENCING MEMORANDUM by USA as to Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, John Doe]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.560445/gov.uscourts.mdd.560445.36.0.pdf

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