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Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, pleaded not guilty to charges of planting a listening device at OpenAI's headquarters. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison if convicted and is currently held without bail.
- Abdulrahman Alfozan was indicted on October 27 for interception of oral communications after allegedly placing a recording device in a television at OpenAI's San Francisco office on September 28.
- He appeared in federal court on Friday, where he was remanded back to jail and is scheduled for a next court appearance on November 17.
- Alfozan is a venture partner at Raed Ventures and was employed as an Engineering Lead at OpenAI, focusing on AI Agents and the data platform.
- He has been held without bail since his arrest in early October.
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