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The charged OpenAI engineer had a one-way ticket out of the US, a filing shows

By Ana Maria Constantin, The Next Web

The charged OpenAI engineer had a one-way ticket out of the US, a filing shows

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Abdulrahman Alfozan, the OpenAI engineer charged over a hidden recording device, had one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia booked for three days after his arrest, according to a court filing. He has entered no reported plea and is presumed innocent. The OpenAI engineer charged over a hidden recording device had a one-way ticket out of the United States booked for three days after his arrest. A court filing shows it. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, had tickets to Saudi Arabia via Istanbul, with his wife and another family member, Bloomberg reported. He was arrested on 9 October and the flight was booked for 12 October. The filing was the government’s argument for sealing the case.

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