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How one American woman funneled $17 million to North Korea

How one American woman funneled $17 million to North Korea

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In recent years, thousands of North Korean IT workers have used stolen and made-up US identities to pose as Western developers, engineers, and tech consultants to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars a year to Pyongyang's military programs. But their ability to embed themselves in corporate America doesn't rely on trickery alone. It requires help from inside the United States. CNN's Ivan Watson looks at how an American woman funneled $17 million to North Korea.
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