South Korean police are investigating a suspected case of a North Korean IT worker obtaining employment at a domestic organization under a false identity, police confirmed on Friday.

The National Security Investigation Bureau of the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) independently identified the case last year and launched an investigation, according to a document submitted to lawmaker Kim Dae-sik of the conservative People Power Party.

Kim’s office had requested annual data on cases involving North Korean IT workers suspected of obtaining employment through deception or identity theft.

A KNPA officer told NK Newson Friday that the case remains under