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OpenAI office recording device espionage arrest 2026
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FIRST ENTRY OCT 13
OCT 13 · Day 1
Saudi man charged with planting recording device in OpenAI office
Alfozan was arrested on October 9.
Alfozan is listed as a partner at Raed Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on the Middle East and North Africa.
The Raed announcement for Alfozan lists Meta, Microsoft, and SAP as previous roles and states he studied computer science and engineering at MIT.
“'build[ing] a continuous audio recorder,' 'customiz[ing] Wi-Fi . . . connectivity,' 'improv[ing] audio and live listening,' and 'encrypt[ing] the SD card'”
ABDULRAHMAN ALFOZAN
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