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The point is that there are legit American citizens who are in on the con. They have real SSNs and an actual presence in the US. They run proxy servers out of t
by simonbw 6mo ago
The point is that there are legit American citizens who are in on the con. They have real SSNs and an actual presence in the US. They run proxy servers out of their house to make it seem like that's where their web traffic is coming from. From the company's perspective, everything seems like a regular remote employee.
- alephnerd 6mo ago> The point is that there are legit American citizens who are in on the con... For example - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-woman-sentenced-17m-information-technology-worker-fraud-scheme-generated-revenue https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-woman-sentenced-17m-i... And another one ironically by a Ukrainian national who is ethnic Ukrainian and not Donbas Russian - https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/ukrainian-national-sentenced-laptop-farm-scheme-generated-income-north-korean-it-workers https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/ukrainian-national-senten...
- potatoman22 6mo agoBloomberg made a good video about this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gjnrMg9iSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gjnrMg9iSo
- ryandrake 6mo agoA proxy server can't fool an in-person interview. Totally bizarre how in-person interviews have fallen out of fashion, now that they're needed the most.
- lelandfe 6mo agoI actually have first hand experience with this! One person came for the on site interview, and a different and much worse dev did the remote work once hired. This was over a decade ago now.