An OpenAI engineer is charged over a listening device in the boardroom
An OpenAI engineer has been arrested over a listening device found behind a television in an executive conference room, and is charged with endeavouring to intercept oral communications. OpenAI says no model weights, source code or customer data were taken.
An OpenAI engineer has been arrested over a listening device found at the company’s San Francisco office. He is charged with endeavouring to intercept oral communications.
Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national employed since July 2025, was arrested on 9 October and appeared in federal court on Tuesday, the Justice Department said.
Prosecutors say the device was fitted into a USB port behind a television in an executive conference room. It went in around 28 September and staff found it two days later.
It was wrapped in toilet paper and its contents were encrypted. A second device was found on 5 October, in a bag he had left unattended...
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