Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing, court filing shows
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- U.S. prosecutors allege that the defendant, Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was in frequent communication with an unnamed member of the Saudi Royal family and that a member of the Saudi military paid for a one-way plane ticket for Mr. Alfozan’s wife and son to r...S1
- US prosecutors charged Alfozan last week with using an electronic device to intercept oral communications.S2
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Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing, court filing shows
U.S. prosecutors allege that the defendant, Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was in frequent communication with an unnamed member of the Saudi Royal family and that a member of the Sau…
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US prosecutors charged Alfozan last week with using an electronic device to intercept oral communications.
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- U.S. prosecutors allege that the defendant, Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was in frequent communication with an unnamed member of the Saudi Royal family and that a member of the Saudi military paid for a one-way plane ticket for Mr. Alfozan’s wife and son to r...S1
- US prosecutors charged Alfozan last week with using an electronic device to intercept oral communications.S2
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