This Bloomberg Originals transcript details the criminal case of Christina Chapman, an Arizona woman who facilitated a sophisticated North Korean cyber scheme. Chapman operated a "laptop farm" from her home, allowing foreign IT workers to bypass security by appearing as remote American employees for major corporations. These illicit workers used stolen identities to funnel millions of dollars back to the North Korean government to fund its weapons programs. Despite her claims of being a victim of circumstance, investigators discovered evidence that she ignored numerous legal red flags regarding her activities. Consequently, she was sentenced to over eight years in prison for wire fraud and identity theft. The source serves as a warning about the persistent national security threat posed by foreign infiltration into the domestic remote workforce.

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