OpenAI Bugging Suspect Abdulrahman Alfozan Pleads Not Guilty to 1 Count
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Updated · CNBC · Nov 6
OpenAI Bugging Suspect Abdulrahman Alfozan Pleads Not Guilty to 1 Count
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Nov 6
Summary
Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, pleaded not guilty in San Francisco federal court to a single count of intercepting oral communications and was returned to jail after the brief hearing.
Prosecutors say Alfozan planted a recording device inside a television in an executive conference room at OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters on Sept. 28 while working there.
An Oct. 27 grand jury indictment followed his early-October arrest on a criminal complaint; he has been held without bail and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
Alfozan is a venture partner at Saudi VC firm Raed Ventures and, according to his bio there, serves as an OpenAI engineering lead; his next court appearance is set for Nov. 17.