The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a fresh round of sanctions against two individuals and two entities for their role in the North Korean remote information technology (IT) worker scheme to generate illicit revenue for the regime's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.

"The North Korean regime continues to target American businesses through fraud schemes involving its overseas IT workers, who steal data and demand ransom," said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John K. Hurley. "Under President Trump, Treasury is committed to protecting Americans from these schemes and holding the guilty accountable."

The key players targeted include Vitaliy Sergeyevich Andreyev, Kim Ung Sun

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