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North Korea allegedly made millions from US companies through remote work scheme (www.bbc.com)

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A federal court in St Louis has indicted 14 North Koreans for allegedly being part of a long-running conspiracy aimed at extorting funds from US companies and funneling money to Pyongyang's weapons programmes.

The wider scheme allegedly involves thousands of North Korean IT workers who use false, stolen, and borrowed identities from people in the US and other countries to get hired and work remotely for US firms.

The indictement says the defendants and others working with them generated at least $88m (£51.5m) for the North Korean regime over a six-year period.

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The prosecutors say the suspects worked for two North Korean-controlled companies - China-based Yanbian Silverstar and Russia-based Volasys Silverstar.

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago

I attempted to DM you, but Lemmy is not allowing this. I did not want this public, and I scanned that wall of text and understand you're suffering. This is an incorrect forum to talk about this. Chat is the right place.

But here's what follows, which is admin approved:

Reporting everything you disagree with has gotten old. You've been here for less than a month and account for the vast majority of reports I've received since the community was created in mid-2023. If you don't like what's going on, disengage. I'm not here to tell others to back off every time you don't like what they have to say. You are abusing the reporting system.

You clearly see bad faith in everything stated in this thread, when the ethos of Beehaw is to assume good faith. And crossed the line several exits back into harassing mods. That's not a great look. Consider this a warning that if you cannot handle an online discussion, perhaps stop visiting the thread.

I welcome and encourage you to continue participating here, but dealing with everyone who responds to you is not my role. I'm not entirely certain why you are so worked up over North Korean spies; if you have a valid reason, please share it by responding inline, not reporting everything. As it stands, you seem to have an axe to grind, which can be done somewhere else.

I've seen you present thoughtful, cogent, relevant responses elsewhere here, so this is honestly baffling. I'm not going to cast aspersions, nor am I taking any action at this time, but you've had plenty of opportunity to show you know when to simply stop responding to others, and you've not chosen that route. I would suggest a different approach.