Two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince, were sentenced to 18 months in prison for assisting North Korean IT fraud schemes. The schemes involved fraudulent remote IT worker operations that generated revenue for North Korea.
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Media Coverage · May 6, 2026
Two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince, were sentenced to 18 months in prison each for helping fraudulent schemes that brought in revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The schemes involved hosting and receiving laptop computers from remote IT workers from the DPRK. This case highlights the Justice Department's efforts to combat financial support for the DPRK.
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Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced for Facilitating Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Schemes to Generate
Media Coverage · May 06, 2026
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Darrin P. Gayles
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Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced for Helping Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Schemes to Generate Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is an active criminal matter. The case is assigned to Darrin P.
Gayles.
Named participants include Darrin P. Gayles, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Justice Department, and Korea The Justice Department. The case is currently organized around Sentencing exposure and post-conviction consequences, Agency action and administrative review, Charge status, plea posture, and court supervision, Prison conditions and incarcerated-plaintiff claims.
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On May 6, 2026, the docket recorded a media coverage: Two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince, were sentenced to 18 months in prison each for helping fraudulent schemes that brought in revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The schemes involved hosting and receiving.
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department today announced the sentencings in separate cases of two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Erick Ntekereze Prince, of New York, for their roles in facilitating Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) remote information technology (IT) workers. Knoot was sentenced to 18 months in prison and Prince was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Both men received and hosted laptop computers at their residences that victim U.S.
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Two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince, were sentenced to 18 months in prison each for helping fraudulent schemes that brought in revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The schemes involved hosting and receiving laptop computers from remote IT workers from the DPRK. This case highlights the Justice Department's efforts to combat financial support for the DPRK.
The Justice Department today announced the sentencings in separate cases of two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Erick Ntekereze Prince, of New York, for their roles …
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department today announced the sentencings in separate cases of two U.S. nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Erick Ntekereze Prince, of New York, for …
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