Cleared defence contractor pleads guilty to aiding North Korean remote worker scheme
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John Allen Kurrle Jr., 62, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for letting co-conspirators use his identity and clearance to apply for 88 US jobs, leading to nine offers between June and October 2025. He hosted laptops from victim companies at his Virginia home so operatives could access them remotely from abroad. A Californian firm working on a generative AI project for a US military component caught the mismatch on a video call and fired the worker before any contract work began.
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