Former OpenAI engineer arrested for allegedly bugging an executive conference room

Federal charges say Abdulrahman Alfozan hid an audio recording device in a restricted meeting room at OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former product engineer at OpenAI , has been arrested and charged with allegedly planting a hidden recording device inside the company’s San Francisco headquarters. The FBI charged Alfozan on October 9, 2026, with allegedly using an electronic device to intercept oral communications. OpenAI terminated his employment the same day. OpenAI discovered a small audio recording device on September 30, 2026, during a routine check of the executive conference room. Investigators believe it had been placed there approximately two days earlier, around September 28. On October 5, 2026, a second, similar device was found in Alfozan’s personal bag.

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