Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report, 22 Oct 2025
Japan case 3: individuals assisting North Korean IT workers · 2024
(MSMT/2025/2, report p. 90) “Japan has investigated several cases involving individuals assisting North Korean IT workers in Japan, including: Case 3 (2024): The suspects, in conspiracy, upon registration of incorporation, conspired to falsely claim a loan as capital, and filed an application with the Legal Affairs Bureau. The corporation had been serving as a front company for the North Korean IT workers by outsourcing work ordered by domestic companies to the North Korean IT workers ...” (yen-dollar conversions are the report’s own, footnote 288: “Calculated at $1 = 140 JPY”)