Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US

Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang compromised the identities of dozens of US persons to help land jobs at over 100 companies.

Two US nationals were jailed this week for their roles in North Korean IT worker schemes that caused millions in damages to US companies.

The individuals, Kejia Wang, 42, of Edison, New Jersey, and Zhenxing Wang, 39, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, were charged in June 2025, when the US stormed 29 laptop farms across 16 states.

According to court documents, between 2021 and 2024, the two individuals and their co-conspirators compromised the identities of more than 80 people in the US and used them to land jobs at over 100 companies.

The scheme generated over $5 million in illegal proceeds for the North Korean government and caused losses of more than $3 million to the victim companies.

Kejia Wang, the documents show, supervised at least five US facilitators ...