U.S. authorities have indicted five people over their alleged involvement in a multi-year North Korean IT worker scheme that saw them obtain remote employment with dozens of American companies.

By concealing their true identities and locations, the DOJ said a multiyear fraudulent scheme infiltrated the U.S. job market.

The U.S. Justice Department released indictments against five people Thursday in connection with a years-long North Korean IT worker scheme. Why it matters: The indictments are against a mix of people from North Korea,

FBI warns North Korea dials up aggression, plus Russian devs allegedly get in on the act The US is indicting yet another five suspects it believes were involved in North Korea's long-running, fraudulent remote IT worker scheme – including one who changed their last name to "Bane" and scored a gig at a tech biz in San Francisco.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday indicted two North Korean nationals, a Mexican national, and two of its own citizens for their alleged involvement in the ongoing fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme that seeks to generate revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in violation of international sanctions.