Former OpenAI Employee Arrested Over Alleged Conference Room Bugging

The FBI arrested former OpenAI product employee Abdulrahman Alfozan, who is accused of planting a hidden listening device in an executive conference room in San Francisco. OpenAI found the device and contacted the FBI. Alfozan, hired in July 2025, was fired and arrested Oct. 9 on a charge of intercepting oral communications, meaning illegally recording private talks.