Bobbie Johnson

So they work with an accomplice who manages the physical stuff. So they're based in the US and they will install software that lets the North Koreans dial into their computer from overseas. and still look like they're in New Jersey or California or wherever they say they're based.

So they work with an accomplice who manages the physical stuff. So they're based in the US and they will install software that lets the North Koreans dial into their computer from overseas. and still look like they're in New Jersey or California or wherever they say they're based.

So they work with an accomplice who manages the physical stuff. So they're based in the US and they will install software that lets the North Koreans dial into their computer from overseas. and still look like they're in New Jersey or California or wherever they say they're based.

So this means you have these middlemen who have houses full of laptops that all connect up to all the different jobs that they're working. And law enforcement calls that a laptop farm.

So this means you have these middlemen who have houses full of laptops that all connect up to all the different jobs that they're working. And law enforcement calls that a laptop farm.

So this means you have these middlemen who have houses full of laptops that all connect up to all the different jobs that they're working. And law enforcement calls that a laptop farm.

And the accomplice gets up every morning, switches the computers on, makes sure they're all running properly, lets the North Koreans dial in to those computers from overseas, and then carry on the job and carry on the subterfuge. And in some cases, the facilitators who have been caught have been found with like 50 or 60 laptops running simultaneously in their house.

And the accomplice gets up every morning, switches the computers on, makes sure they're all running properly, lets the North Koreans dial in to those computers from overseas, and then carry on the job and carry on the subterfuge. And in some cases, the facilitators who have been caught have been found with like 50 or 60 laptops running simultaneously in their house.

And the accomplice gets up every morning, switches the computers on, makes sure they're all running properly, lets the North Koreans dial in to those computers from overseas, and then carry on the job and carry on the subterfuge. And in some cases, the facilitators who have been caught have been found with like 50 or 60 laptops running simultaneously in their house.

And that's the place where law enforcement is actually able to catch these gangs, understand what's going on and try to stop it. So there's one case particularly that I dug into, which is of a middle man or middle woman in this case called Christina Chapman, who recently pled guilty to a range of different crimes related to this.

And that's the place where law enforcement is actually able to catch these gangs, understand what's going on and try to stop it. So there's one case particularly that I dug into, which is of a middle man or middle woman in this case called Christina Chapman, who recently pled guilty to a range of different crimes related to this.

And that's the place where law enforcement is actually able to catch these gangs, understand what's going on and try to stop it. So there's one case particularly that I dug into, which is of a middle man or middle woman in this case called Christina Chapman, who recently pled guilty to a range of different crimes related to this.

She was based in Minnesota and Arizona. And over the space of a couple of years, she worked with a North Korean team and helped them target at least 300 different companies in the US, including some pretty substantial ones.

She was based in Minnesota and Arizona. And over the space of a couple of years, she worked with a North Korean team and helped them target at least 300 different companies in the US, including some pretty substantial ones.

She was based in Minnesota and Arizona. And over the space of a couple of years, she worked with a North Korean team and helped them target at least 300 different companies in the US, including some pretty substantial ones.

My clients are going crazy, so I just... Some of them were mom-and-pop shops, but some were big corporations, yeah, and Chapman... ran this scam, she would help the teams do their IT work, she would host a laptop farm with maybe 60 computers at the same time, and she would help them dial into meetings or keep up to date with stuff.

My clients are going crazy, so I just... Some of them were mom-and-pop shops, but some were big corporations, yeah, and Chapman... ran this scam, she would help the teams do their IT work, she would host a laptop farm with maybe 60 computers at the same time, and she would help them dial into meetings or keep up to date with stuff.

My clients are going crazy, so I just... Some of them were mom-and-pop shops, but some were big corporations, yeah, and Chapman... ran this scam, she would help the teams do their IT work, she would host a laptop farm with maybe 60 computers at the same time, and she would help them dial into meetings or keep up to date with stuff.

She would receive money that she would then pass along to a bank in China and take a cut along the way.

She would receive money that she would then pass along to a bank in China and take a cut along the way.