India, Oct. 14 -- U.S. enforcement authorities have seized 187 computer devices used by North Korean IT workers to fund their government through remote information technology work for American companies.
The computer devices were confiscated in searches of multiple known or suspected "laptop farms" in Texas during "Operation Lonestar Roundup," the Department of Justice said.
Also, two U.S. nationals were arrested in Ohio for orchestrating a multi-year fraud scheme to obtain remote IT work with U.S. companies that generated more than $3 million in revenue.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced the arrests of Michael James Bostelle of Pennsylvania and Juan Cecilio Pena Carrillo of Texas pursuant...