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Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing: court filing

US 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 Alfozan's wife and son to return to Saudi Arabia, according to the court document.

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Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing: court filing
Image: OpenAI logo and a keyboard in this illustration taken October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

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US 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…

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