https://www.wired.com/story/north-korean-it-scammer-alert/
“DPRK IT workers can individually earn more than USD 300,000 a year in some cases, and teams of IT workers can collectively earn more than USD 3 million annually,” the alert warns. “DPRK IT workers provide a critical stream of revenue that helps fund the DPRK regime’s highest economic and security priorities, such as its weapons development program.”
I think this is a Key and Peele bit.
Two bank robbers are planning a heist and one of them's plan is to get hired at the bank and slowly drain their cash reserves via normal non-fraudulent paychecks for 40 years then retire with a pension, while the bank is none the wiser.
Like how is this a scam?