alt Hacker NewsIf anyone pays so much money to someone they never met, or _dependable_ know their identity, that seems like a major fail.
The whole idea that someone who couldn't legally enter the US, gets easier clearance than any tourist, or foreign academic with an opinion about the current gov that seems uncomfortable to them baffles me.
Not the first time some priorities seem out of touch with reality.
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.