North Korea

The 14 men worked for front companies that advertised fully remote IT workers. All told, prosecutors said, the scheme funneled $88 million to the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek contends economic headwinds, political actions of Chinese government make the country a bad investment.

The scheme involves IT employees doing freelance work for American companies and their paychecks going to fund North Korean weapons projects.

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