# OpenAI engineer charged after listening device found in meeting room

https://mins.news/en/item/98915

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-13 23:55 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/13/openai-engineer-charged-after-listening-device-found-in-meeting-room?traffic_source=rss

> US authorities say Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer, was arrested and charged over allegedly planting a concealed listening device in the company’s conference room to obtain sensitive information. OpenAI says it fired him and has found no indication he improperly accessed or removed model weights, source code or customer data.

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