Bob McMillan
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And what the scam is called is laptop farming.
And what the scam is called is laptop farming.
And what the scam is called is laptop farming.
She's facilitating a multi-million dollar fraud that's designed to bring money into the heavily sanctioned North Korean regime.
She's facilitating a multi-million dollar fraud that's designed to bring money into the heavily sanctioned North Korean regime.
She's facilitating a multi-million dollar fraud that's designed to bring money into the heavily sanctioned North Korean regime.
I mean, she had worked as a waitress, as a massage therapist, and right around 2019, she decided to sort of reinvent herself in the era of the gig economy. She went to a tech boot camp and got some web development skills, but it wasn't paying out, right? Like, she was living in a small town north of Minneapolis, basically in a trailer.
I mean, she had worked as a waitress, as a massage therapist, and right around 2019, she decided to sort of reinvent herself in the era of the gig economy. She went to a tech boot camp and got some web development skills, but it wasn't paying out, right? Like, she was living in a small town north of Minneapolis, basically in a trailer.
I mean, she had worked as a waitress, as a massage therapist, and right around 2019, she decided to sort of reinvent herself in the era of the gig economy. She went to a tech boot camp and got some web development skills, but it wasn't paying out, right? Like, she was living in a small town north of Minneapolis, basically in a trailer.
The message comes via LinkedIn. And it says we're a foreign company looking for a U.S. representative. That's really all we know about the message.
The message comes via LinkedIn. And it says we're a foreign company looking for a U.S. representative. That's really all we know about the message.
The message comes via LinkedIn. And it says we're a foreign company looking for a U.S. representative. That's really all we know about the message.
It's almost always a tech job, right? So it's quite often coding.
It's almost always a tech job, right? So it's quite often coding.
It's almost always a tech job, right? So it's quite often coding.
Yeah, they do, you know. Like, I've heard stories of these, some North Koreans, they just kind of, they get hired, they log into a couple of meetings, they never say anything, and then they're quickly fired, right? And then some apparently last for years.
Yeah, they do, you know. Like, I've heard stories of these, some North Koreans, they just kind of, they get hired, they log into a couple of meetings, they never say anything, and then they're quickly fired, right? And then some apparently last for years.
Yeah, they do, you know. Like, I've heard stories of these, some North Koreans, they just kind of, they get hired, they log into a couple of meetings, they never say anything, and then they're quickly fired, right? And then some apparently last for years.
This is sort of their latest hustle, and it's a pretty lucrative one. The FBI estimates they make hundreds of millions of dollars a year from this. But the other problem is that they also steal data, and they extort their employers.