The Saudi national allegedly sought information about confidential meetings and used encrypted surveillance equipment
An OpenAI employee has been arrested for allegedly planting a recording device in a conference room at the company’s California office where executives discussed highly confidential information, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
FBI Director Kash Patel identified the suspect as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national who had worked as an engineer at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, since July 2025.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
According to an unsealed criminal complaint, OpenAI staff discovered an audio recording device plugged into a USB port on the back of a television in an executive conference room at the company’s San Francisco office around September 30. The device “had been concealed in toilet paper,” and its contents were encrypted.
Security camera footage allegedly showed Alfozan entering the conference room and looking behind the television where the device had been planted. OpenAI security personnel later discovered that the suspect had left a bag in another room containing a second recording device.
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