NEW YORK, April 16 -- Two American men have been jailed over a scheme that helped North Koreans obtain remote IT work with US companies and raised funds for the country's weapons programs, the Justice Department said yesterday. 

Kejia Wang, 42, was sentenced to nine years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit identity theft.

Zhenxing Wang, 39, was sentenced to 92 months after he admitted to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The pair, both US citizens from New Jersey, were involved in a so-called "laptop farms" operation, which hosted computers that overseas individuals could remotely log...