Kim Sang Man 김상만 confirmed

이번에 제재대상으로 지정된 개인 7명은 △북한 해외 IT 지부 책임자로서 불법 외화벌이를 주도하였거나1), △자금세탁 등 불법 금융활동을 통해 외화벌이를 도움으로써2) 대북제재 회피와 핵ㆍ미사일 개발 자금 조달에 관여하였다. 특히, 이들 IT 지부 책임자들은 IT 인력에 대한 감시ㆍ통제ㆍ갑질, 임금 미지급 등 강제노동을 강요하여 이들의 인권을 유린해 왔다. 1) 김상만, 김기혁, 김성일, 전연근, 김효동 2) 유성혁, 윤성일 진영정보기술협조회사는 국방성 산하 IT 회사로, 러시아ㆍ중국ㆍ라오스 등지에 IT 인력 파견 DPRK-based Chinyong Information Technology Cooperation Company (Chinyong), also known as Jinyong IT Cooperation Company, is associated with the UN- and U.S.-sanctioned Ministry of Peoples’ Armed Forces. Chinyong, by way of companies under its control and their representatives, employs delegations of DPRK IT workers that operate in Russia and Laos. One such representative of the Chinyong office located in Vladivostok, Russia, DPRK-national Kim Sang Man (Kim), is presumed to be involved in the payment of salaries to family members of Chinyong’s overseas DPRK worker delegations. Furthermore, Kim has been involved in the sale and transfer of IT equipment for the DPRK and, as recently as 2021, received cryptocurrency funds transfers from IT teams located in China and Russia that were valued at more than $2 million USD. Kim maintained awareness of cryptocurrency payments from a company under his leadership that were being sent to the DPRK. Kim has been affiliated with the U.S.-designated Korea Computer Center and worked as an IT developer in the DPRK prior to being selected as an agent of the UN- and U.S.-designated RGB, in order to earn foreign currency.