Ryan Roach and his alleged co-conspirator, Mathiew Stubbings, are accused of compromising U.S. universities’ computers and taking over processing power to mine for cryptocurrency.

The scammers affected approximately 800 victims and led to losses of more than half a million dollars, the Justice Department said.

Zheng Zhao and his co-conspirators allegedly deceived 174 U.S. residents into sending funds to a globally coordinated fake investment operation with ties to Cambodia.

DTEX researchers found a series of transactions in a payment wallet showing North Korean IT worker salaries flowing into sanctioned entities that support the regime’s military programs.

Nathan Austad, who sold access to compromised accounts through a criminal storefront, is the third and final defendant sentenced in the 2022 breach

Abdellah Belmili allegedly ran two black-market websites selling stolen financial credentials and custom-built phishing kits targeting major American banks, federal prosecutors say.

The trio, which share lineage with the more broadly defined Lazarus Group, are focused on espionage and cryptocurrency theft, according to CrowdStrike.

Ianis Antropenko, a Russian national living in California, admitted to committing ransomware attacks against at least 50 victims. He faces up to 25 years in jail.

Ilya Lichtenstein was supposed to serve five years after being sentenced in late 2024.

The company was charged with materially misrepresenting the cybersecurity of its Token Bridge software as executives failed to implement reasonable security.