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What We Learned Tracing North Korea’s Hidden Workforce Inside American Companies

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By Emma Scott Verified, Sam Kessler Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Illustration by Ryan Trefes North Korea has built a secret workforce inside American companies. Using stolen identities, AI tools and U.S. accomplices, its operatives have cheated their way into remote jobs in an effort to earn money for Kim Jong Un’s regime. The FBI says there are thousands of them applying for jobs across America. The Wall Street Journal’s documentary, “Infiltrated: North Korea’s Secret U.S. Workforce,” follows a single cell of these operatives.
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Inside North Korea’s Operation to Conquer the American Job Market

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By Emma Scott Verified, Sam Kessler Verified, Robert McMillan Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Sam Kessler is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal based in New York City. He focuses on the intersection of power, business and technology, using data analysis and programming alongside traditional reporting to uncover investigative stories. Previously, Sam covered the crypto industry as deputy managing editor at CoinDesk, where he was part of a team that won a 2023 Gerald Loeb Award for its coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX.
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Crypto Bets and Real Estate Deals: Inside Trump’s $2 Billion Year

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By Neil Mehta, John West, Sam Kessler Verified, David Uberti Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Trump’s 2025 business income, by source $2.2 billion total income Real estate $575 million Settlements $86.5 million Royalties and licensing fees $68.6 million *Other includes uncharacterized income, pensions and other sources. ‘Royalties’ refers to memecoin royalties.
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