Maryland Man’s Fraud Conviction Highlights North Korea’s Rising Crypto Threat

A Maryland man was sentenced to prison this week for helping IT workers linked to North Korea infiltrate US companies. This incident fits into a wider pattern in 2025, where insider access and rising crypto theft are becoming key features of North Korea’s cyber strategy.   US Jobs Opened to North Koreans The Justice Department announced on Thursday the sentencing of Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, an American citizen convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors proved that Vong used false credentials to secure remote software development jobs for North Korean nationals at 13 American companies source: https://beincrypto.com/maryland-fraud-tied-to-north-korea-hacks/