2 Japanese referred to prosecutors for aiding North Korean in ID fraud

Two Japanese men were referred to prosecutors Monday for allegedly providing their own identification data to assist an individual believed to be a North Korean IT worker in fraudulently obtaining freelance work online, investigative sources said.The two men in their 30s have been charged with providing scans of their driver's licenses and bank account details in 2020 so that the IT worker could register on the freelance work site and accept work assignments in their names, the sources said.Remuneration for the tasks are believed to have been received through the Japanese men's bank account…READ FULL ARTICLE