Oleksandr Didenko's Upworksell.com identity-rental service and U.S. laptop farms used by overseas (North Korean) IT workers

Date (as written): Beginning in at least September of 2021, through up to and including May 16, 2024
Year: 2021
Country: U.S. (laptop farms incl. Virginia, Tennessee)
Actors (as written): overseas IT workers (some clients "are from North Korea"); Oleksandr Didenko
Actor pages: overseas IT workers Oleksandr Didenko
Tags (as written): IT workers; identity theft; laptop farm; sentencing memorandum
Dollar figures (as written): money judgment in the amount of $1,420,185.64; restitution in the amount of $45,687.72; approximately $920,000 in U.S.D. payments since July 2018 (complaint)

Source entries (1)

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

Oleksandr Didenko's Upworksell.com identity-rental service and U.S. laptop farms used by overseas (North Korean) IT workers · Beginning in at least September of 2021, through up to and including May 16, 2024

Beginning in at least September of 2021, through up to and including May 16, 2024, Defendant ran a website using a U.S.-based domain, "Upworksell.com," for the purposes of facilitating and allowing overseas IT workers to buy or rent stolen or borrowed identities ... The coconspirators compromised the identities of at least 18 U.S. persons ... defrauded at least 40 U.S. companies ... companies, using false identities, and generate revenue that is funneled back to North Korea. [Case No. 1:24-cr-00261, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; filing: SENTENCING MEMORANDUM by USA as to OLEKSANDR DIDENKO]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.269128/gov.uscourts.dcd.269128.30.0.pdf

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