US arrests American and Ukrainian in North Korea-linked IT infiltration scheme

FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice seal in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. The Justice Department said on Sept. 21, 2023, that a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia was arrested on espionage charges. FILE - A person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Mass., June 19, 2017.

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced the arrests of an American woman and a Ukrainian man they say helped North Korea-linked IT workers posing as Americans to obtain remote-work jobs at hundreds of U.S. companies.