{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://youngkim.house.gov/2026/07/27/rep-young-kim-launches-fight-against-north-korean-remote-worker-schemes-funding-foreign-weapons-programs/", "Rep. Young Kim Launches Fight Against North Korean Remote Worker Schemes Funding Foreign Weapons Programs", "2026-07-27", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Young Kim", "K000397", "youngkim.house.gov", "youngkim", "https://youngkim.house.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) introduced the North Korean FAKER Act to authorize the Secretary of State to coordinate sanctions with U.S. allies against North Korean IT worker fraud perpetrators and their foreign enablers.\n\nNorth Korea has transformed remote work fraud into a major source of funding for its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. The regime dispatches thousands of IT workers who use stolen identities and AI-generated personas to obtain remote jobs at unsuspecting companies, including hundreds of American firms. The Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (DPRK) confiscates up to 90 percent of these workers\u2019 wages, generating millions of dollars each year to finance its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs.\n\n\u201cEvery paycheck sent to one of North Korea\u2019s fake IT workers risks funding Kim Jong Un\u2019s nuclear ambitions,\u201d said Rep. Young Kim. \u201cAmerican companies should not be unknowingly bankrolling North Korea\u2019s weapons programs. I\u2019m leading the North Korean FAKER Act to expose these fraudulent schemes, sanction the enablers, and cut off a key source of revenue fueling one of the world\u2019s most dangerous regimes.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, the North Korean FAKER Act would:\n\nAlign sanctions and other restrictive measures against individuals and entities that knowingly engage in or facilitate North Korean remote IT worker schemes\n\nEnhance information sharing with allies on DPRK money laundering, proliferation networks, and fraud schemes\n\nPrioritize diplomatic engagement with jurisdictions that host, enable, or fail to prevent illicit DPRK remote workforce activity\n\nDevelop coordinated strategies and security assistance to prevent DPRK sanctions evasion and proliferation financing\n\nIncrease rewards through the Department of State\u2019s Rewards for Justice Program for information that helps disrupt these schemes\n\nPartner with the private sector, including cybersecurity firms, financial institutions, and digital asset platforms, to detect and disrupt these schemes\n\nPublicly attribute illicit remote worker schemes to North Korea through joint statements and advisories with allies\n\nRequire annual reporting to Congress on these activities and recommendations for additional action", 1, "2026-08-04T07:35:49Z", "2026-08-04T07:37:27Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://youngkim.house.gov/2026/07/27/rep-young-kim-launches-fight-against-north-korean-remote-worker-schemes-funding-foreign-weapons-programs/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0699068661779165, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}