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OpenAI engineer charged with bugging executive conference room had one-way Saudi flights booked

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Newly unsealed court filings say OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, his wife and a third relative booked one-way flights to Saudi Arabia for October 12, three days after his arrest. Prosecutors cited those bookings to get the complaint sealed on October 8, arguing he had the means and incentive to flee if he learned of the case first.

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The filings show prosecutors citing one-way flight bookings to argue flight risk, which explains how the complaint was sealed before the arrest became public.

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FT: The OpenAI engineer charged with bugging an executive conference room had booked one-way flights to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say.

Newly unsealed filings show Abdulrahman Alfozan, his wife and a third relative held tickets for October 12, 3 days after his arrest.

Prosecutors used those bookings to get the complaint sealed on October 8, arguing he had the means and incentive to flee if he learned of the case first.

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