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Arrested OpenAI Engineer Booked a One-Way Ticket to Saudi Arabia

Bloomberg Technology Wednesday 14 October 2026, 18:52 UTC By Rachel Metz 1 min read
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Arrested OpenAI Engineer Booked a One-Way Ticket to Saudi Arabia The OpenAI employee who was arrested and charged with allegedly using a hidden recording device in one of the ChatGPT maker’s San Francisco offices had a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia booked for Oct. 12, according to a court filing. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi Arabian national, was arrested on Oct. 9, more than a week after staffers at OpenAI discovered an audio recording device planted behind a television in an executive...

Arrested OpenAI Engineer Booked a One-Way Ticket to Saudi Arabia The OpenAI employee who was arrested and charged with allegedly using a hidden recording device in one of the ChatGPT maker’s San Francisco offices had a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia booked for Oct. 12, according to a court filing. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi Arabian national, was arrested on Oct. 9, more than a week after staffers at OpenAI discovered an audio recording device planted behind a television in an executive conference room, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. Alfozan, who is alleged to have placed the device, is currently in federal custody and appeared in court in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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