Crime & Safetyscore 822·8 metrosupdated 2h ago

Ex-OpenAI Engineer Arrested for Bugging Conference Room, Planned to Flee to Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer, was arrested for secretly installing a recording device in a conference room. Prosecutors revealed he was days away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia, with his family already having left the country.

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