SHAMELESS: Arizona Is Selling Your Information To North Korea??

At the tail end of the Cold War, the world seemed, for once, to be headed to an era of international peace. That's much easier said than done, and while many nations have done their best to work together, there will always be outliers.

One of the most notable of these outliers is North Korea, whose dictator-ran surveillance state has been the topic of discussion as of late. They've finally infiltrated American borders, and Arizona's at fault.

Crime Pays (With a Jail Sentence)

On Monday, February 10th, Christina Marie Chapman stood before a judge and jury in Washington D.C. She plead guilty to a litany of charges, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to launder money.

This came as a result of a three year operation that laundered over $17 million from American businesses and sent those earnings directly to the North Korean government.

How on earth did one woman pull this off?

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The Arizona "Laptop Farm"

The scheme started in October 2020, when Chapman began putting together her farm. She worked to steal American identities, before passing them off to overseas IT workers, who would then work remotely for American companies, bringing their profit to North Korean nationals.

Chapman kept the computers being used for this work at her Arizona home, creating a sort of "laptop farm" that made her actions almost impossible to trace.

The Justice Department claims that over 300 businesses and 70 American nationals were affected. Chapman will face her sentence in June, expecting 94 to 111 months in federal prison.

[AZ Family]