Each defendant also helped the IT workers pass employer vetting procedures. Travis and Salazar, for example, appeared for drug testing on behalf of the workers. Travis, an active-duty member of the US Army at the time, received at least $51,397 for his participation in the scheme. Phagnasay and Salazar earned at least $3,450 and $4,500,… Read More: 5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme… »
In five years, you won’t be able to spell IT without AI, Gartner predicted today. VP analysts Alicia Mullery and Daryl Plummer delivered the sentiment at their keynote address at Gartner’s IT Symposium in Gold Coast, Australia, as reported by The Register. Gartner believes that by 2030, all work performed by an IT department will… Read More: AI will consume all of IT by 2030—but not all… »
reader comments 33 Federal authorities have arrested a Nashville man on charges he hosted laptops at his residences in a scheme to deceive US companies into hiring foreign remote IT workers who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in income to fund North Korea’s weapons program. The scheme, federal prosecutors said, worked by getting US… Read More: Nashville man arrested for running “laptop farm” to get jobs… »