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Oct 15, 2026
Dave BittnerHOST
A thirty-five-year-old OpenAI engineer has been arrested and charged with allegedly planting a covert recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices.
Dave BittnerHOST
Federal prosecutors say Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed by OpenAI since July twenty twenty-five, concealed an encrypted recording device inside a television's USB port wrapped in toilet paper.
Dave BittnerHOST
Investigators say surveillance footage placed Alfozan near the room while chatbot queries associated with his spouse's account included instructions for building and concealing audio recorders.
Dave BittnerHOST
Security personnel subsequently discovered a second recording device in his unattended bag.
Mike BakerHOST
In today's back of the brief, an employee at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has been arrested by the FBI after investigators say he planted a listening device inside one of the company's executive conference rooms.
Mike BakerHOST
The suspect is thirty-five-year-old Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national who's been working as an engineer at OpenAI since July of last year.
Mike BakerHOST
Federal prosecutors accuse him of secretly installing recording equipment in a conference room at the company's San Francisco offices.
Mike BakerHOST
And the way he allegedly concealed the device was, well, let's just say somewhat low tech.
Ella MarkianosCORRESPONDENT
Here's what happened.
Ella MarkianosCORRESPONDENT
OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested by the FBI on suspicion of hiding an audio device in an executive conference room at OpenAI headquarters.
Ella MarkianosCORRESPONDENT
OpenAI personnel found the device plugged into a television in the room, disguised with a covering of toilet paper.
Ella MarkianosCORRESPONDENT
In a statement, OpenAI said, "We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices.
denolfeHOST
Source: the San Francisco Standard.
denolfeHOST
The news story reported that OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested and charged with placing a concealed audio recorder in an executive conference room.
denolfeHOST
Prosecutors said the device was connected to a television, hidden in toilet paper, and had encrypted storage.
denolfeHOST
Investigators also cited chatbot prompts about building and hiding recording equipment, including prompts linked to the device's unique network address.
MattHOST
Now let's talk about OpenAI for a second.
MattHOST
Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national and US permanent resident employed by OpenAI, was arrested by the FBI on 9 October and charged in the Northern District of California for planting a listening device in the company headquarters.
MattHOST
Now, OpenAI says the device was plugged into a USB port on the back of a television in an executive conference room.
MattHOST
Of course, we have a photo here for the, for the l- for the listeners that are being able to watch.
Hassam El-GhadbanCORRESPONDENT
[toilet flushing] A Saudi engineer working for OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has been arrested, accused of secretly installing a recording device in a conference room used for confidential executive meetings.
Hassam El-GhadbanCORRESPONDENT
Thirty-five-year-old Abdulrahman Alfozan allegedly concealed the device in toilet paper and plugged it into a USB port behind a television.
Hassam El-GhadbanCORRESPONDENT
Investigators say he also used an AI agent to obtain meeting room information.
Hassam El-GhadbanCORRESPONDENT
OpenAI says its own AI models helped identify the suspect.