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DPRK IT worker hired via facilitator for US government defense program contract (Vong case) · 2026-02-10 (datePublished)
In 2025, a Maryland-based individual, Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for their role in facilitating a DPRK ITW scheme. According to government documents, in coordination with a suspected DPRK IT worker, Vong was hired by a Virginia-based company to perform remote software development work for a government contract that involved a US government entity's defense program.