Imagine applying for a job, acing the interview, and landing a role at a major company—only to find out the person hired wasn’t who they claimed to be. This isn’t a movie plot; it’s a real scheme that has shaken some of America’s biggest businesses.

“These schemes target and steal from U.S. companies and are designed to evade sanctions and fund the North Korean regime’s illicit programs, including its weapons programs,” Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg, the head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, said in a statement.