[Maryland Man Sentenced to 15 Months for Assisting North Korea in Infiltrating U.S. Tech Companies] According to a report by Jinse Finance, a 40-year-old Maryland man, Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release for helping North Korean agents secretly embed themselves within U.S. tech companies. Between 2021 and 2024, Vong used false documents to secure software development positions at at least 13 U.S. companies, which paid him over $970,000 in salaries, while the actual work was remotely carried out by North Korean agents based in China. Some of these companies even outsourced Vong's services to U.S. government agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), granting these agents unauthorized access to sensitive government systems.