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American who ran ‘laptop farm’ for North Korean IT workers sentenced to prison

US court hands down 8 year sentence to Christina Chapman over her role in scheme that raised millions for Pyongyang

A U.S. court has sentenced an American national to more than eight years in prison for facilitating a massive fraud scheme that helped North Korean information technology (IT) workers generate millions in illicit funds for Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.

The U.S. District Court for the District Columbia on Thursday delivered the 102-month sentence against Christina Chapman for her role in helping Pyongyang exploit more than 300 American companies and government agencies and steal the identities of dozens of U.S. citizens, the Justice Department said in a press release.

In addition to the prison sentence, Chapman faces three years of supervised