# FBI Weighs Additional Economic Espionage Charge Against Former OpenAI Engineer By Riza Dagoc Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/40309 Published: 2026-10-24T20:22:31.000Z Updated: 2026-10-24T20:22:31.000Z Section: Regulation > Investigators are examining whether Abdulrahman Alfozan stole OpenAI information intending to provide it to the Saudi government. The FBI is weighing an additional economic espionage charge against former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan as investigators examine whether he stole information for transfer to the Saudi government. Investigators are examining whether Alfozan intended to provide OpenAI information to the Saudi government, although he was not employed by the government. Federal prosecutors have accused Alfozan of installing a recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room. He faces a charge involving the interception of oral communications and remains in pretrial detention after a judge [ordered him held](). ## Links in this article - [ordered him held](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/35325)