FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI engineer over hidden recording device

FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI engineer over hidden recording device Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 17:19 OpenAI discovered the thumb-sized device connected to a USB port behind a TV in its San Francisco executive meeting room A man described as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a TV where a recording device had been placed in OpenAI offices in San Francisco, California, in a still image obtained from surveillance video on 5 October 2026 (Department of Justice