ATLANTA (WSAV) — FBI Atlanta issued a warning to the public after four North Koreans were indicted in an alleged scheme to steal from two companies.
The Northern District of Georgia unsealed the indictment Monday, an FBI Atlanta spokesperson said.
It charged four North Koreans, Kim Kwang Jin, Kang Tae Bok, Jong Pong Ju and Chang Nam Il, for reportedly engaging in a scheme to steal and launder over $900,000 in virtual currency. They face wire fraud and money laundering charges.
Around December 2020 and May 2021, Jin, who was using a stolen identity, and Ju, who was using an alias “Bryan Cho,” were hired as developers by an Atlanta, Georgia-based blockchain research and development company and a Serbian virtual token company, a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia said…