US ‘laptop farmers’ get jail time for aiding DPRK IT workers scam local firms

NK News – North Korea News · May 7, 2026

U.S. federal courts have imposed 18-month prison sentences on two American citizens for running laptop farms and helping North Korean information technology (IT) workers generate over $1.2 million in revenue for Pyongyang’s weapons programs. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentences in two separate cases involving Matthew Issac Knoot of Nashville, Tenn., and Erick […]