The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on two Russian citizens, accusing them of aiding North Korean structures linked to fraudulent schemes to employ IT experts at American companies, according to a department document. The sanctions included Russians Ilya Boykov and Witold Oberts, as well as eight DPRK nationals linked to the activities of North Korean IT specialists in Russia. The sanctions list also included the company First Financial and Technical Development Center, which, according to the US Treasury Department, is located in Russia. RBC channel at max.